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Adams the Hatter 118 

Abita Spring- Water Co., Ltd 174 

Agiirs & Kingsmore 182 

Arnaud, A., Hotel and Restaurant 120 

American Brewing; Co 86 

Alexander, J. W., Alexandria 200 

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Alabama Block Coal Co 172 

Andrews, C. A. Andrews Coal Co 32 

Aitken, Jas. H 60 

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Bean, Albert. ." 110 

Bradstreet Co.. H. C. Hailey, Supt 132 

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Bedell, Chas. Bedell Structural Iron Works 96 

Boylan Detective Agency 50 

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Bank of Ascension, Donaldsonville 196 

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Broghan-Doll Furniture Co., Shreveport 190 



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Bel, J. A. Bel Lumber Co., Lake Charles 212 

Bank of Abbeville, Abbeville 221 

Black Bros & Co., Crowley and Jennings 222 

Bogan, James D , Baton Rouge 204 

Belisle, Chas A , Baton Rouge 204 

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Barrett Mfg. Co 6 

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Cafiero, Jos., Donaldsonville 200 

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Carre, W. W. Co., Ltd 104 

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Central Ice and Cold Storage Co., Ltd 132 

Chatwin Bros , Shreveport 184 

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Commander, A 124 

Coleman, H., Dudley 158 

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Cooney, Wni T 40 

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Dwyer Bros 26 

Dunn, M. F 134 

Diez, E. J 138 

Duffy Trunk Co. , Ltd 144 

Desangles J. B 138 

Darre, J. M 148 

Dumser, A., & Co. 144 

Doug-las, John 152 

DeBen, J. A.. & Son • 104 

Donaldsonville Broom Factory, Donaldsonville ■ 200 

Downman, K. K 12f> 

IJunbar, G. W. Dunbar's Sons 42 

Desmaries, P 158 

Deere, John Deere Plow Co 68 

Dannemann's Pharmacies 56 

Dunn, the W. P. Dunn Brick and Supply Co., 

Lake Charles 216 

Donaldsonville Cooperage Co., Ltd , Donaldson- 
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Donaldsonville Moss Collar Co., Ltd., Donald- 
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Donaldsonville Ice Co., Ltd., Donaldsonville... 202 



Glenny, L R , & Co 

Goodman, B. F.. Baton Rouge 

Garcia Stationery Co , Ltd 

Groetsch. Julius 

Galatoire's Restaurant 

(iriftin, Thos 

(irag-ard Geo R., (iragard Co 

Girault. W. W 

Gibbons, J. T 

Gayle, W. J., & Co 

Garson Bros., Shreveport 

Geddes. Mrs. J , Gilbert-Geddes, Baton Rouge. 

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Electra Water Company, Limited. 

Eichling. C W 

Eble, Chas 

Exchange Bank of Natchitoches . 



Ford, F. Codman 

Falk, G. & Co 

Favrot & Livaudais 

Fabacher, Peter 

Ferry, John 

Finan, J 

Fabacher's Restaurant and Hotel . . . 

Ferret, J 

Fox, the Hatter 

Frankenbush, J. M. & Sons .... . . 

Falvy-Wilson Company, Limited.- • 

Feahney, Chas 

Farmers' Consolidated Dairy Co. . . . 

Forstall, Joe 

Frigerio, Widow Louis 

Feldner, H. W. 

First National Bank, Baton Rouge. 

Fridge, S. C. , Baton Rouge 

First National Bank, Lake' Charles. 



Geoghegan & Co 

Germania Savings Bank and Trust Co. 
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Hart, Toby 

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Hodgson, Harry H", Remington Typewriter . . .. 

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Hardie, Wm. T. & Co 

Hitchler-Beattie 

Hageni, A 

Holzer, R. G 

Heiderich, Martin 

Hatry, G. T 

Hinrichs, J. H 

Holmes, D. H. Holmes Co 

Hardie, John T. Hardie's Sons & Co 

Heath, Schwartz & Co., Ltd 

Harrison Line 

Hunsinger, Jno. H 

Home fee & Distilled Water Mfg. Co., Ltd. . .. 

Herfartli Bros 

Hopkins, John P 

Hoehn & Dieth 

Hibernia Ins. Co 

Hyatt, A. W., Stationery Mfg. Co., Ltd 

Hkrdwick, Chas. & Co., Ltd 

Hale, E. A., Shreveport 

Hearne, The Hearne Dry Goods Co., Shreveport 

Hilliard Bros., Shreveport 

Havslip, V. B , Alexandria 

Heilwege, Peter & Co 

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Interstate Trust & t5anking- Co 154 

Independent Oil Retininj,' Co HiO 

"Inn," Shreveport. R. Collins. Jr ISO 

Illinois Central R. R. and Miss. Valley R R... 128 

Illinois Life Ins. Co., T. J. Cocke, Mgr 218 

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Johnson, F. Johnson & Son Co . Ltd 70 

Joachiiii, J ij(, 

Jensen, P. H 1 24 

Johnson, F Johnson & Son Co., Ltd It, 2 

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Kuhnert, Gus. Baton Rouge \')b 

Klumpp, W. F.. & Co. 114 

Kuntz, Emile, St. Charles Mansion 1U8 

Kellv. Thos J 142 

Koretke. F. H.. Koretke Brass & Mfg. Co., Ltd. 1-1(. 

Kel'ey, James M 14S 

Kearney, J. Watts & Sons 4f> 

Kleindorf, S Si, 

Klaw & Erlanger's 'I'heattes, The 'i'ulane and 

Crescent 102 

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La. Glass & Mirror Works, Ltd 110 

Leber, Philipp & Co 84 

Longshore & Co 170 

Lewis, H. F. & Co 78 

Lister, Edwin 144 

Louisiana Excavating: & Manufacturing Co . . . . 148 

Lochte, Henry Lochte Co., Ltd 144 

Louisiana National Bank ISO 

Laux, H. J & Co 144 

Louisiana Tobacco Co 70 

Loubat Glassware and Cork Co , Ltd 1(,0 

Langhoff Bros 92 

Lambour, M (,§ 

Lacey, J. D & Co 52 

Leidenheimer. (ieo H Sf, 

Larroque, J. S. Napoleon Cigar Store 40 

Long, N J 100 

Le.ihy. Geo M 102 

r^egendre, J. A., Medical Bldg. Pharniucy . . . 40 

Lafayette Fire Insurance Co ". 10,2 

Lemley, David 1 58 

L'Hote Lumber Mfg. Co 1(,8 

Lake Charles Ice, Lig-ht & Water Works, Lake 

Charles 214 

Lake Charles Steam Laundry, W. F. Gauthier, 

Lake Charles 214 

Lake Charles Planing Mill, G. Mutersbaugh, 

Lake Charles 214 



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Lake Charles Carriage & Implement Co., Ltd., 

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Lake Chdrles Steam Laundry, Lake Charles. . . . 



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Magee & Dow 

Maxwell Co , The 

Mandot, John, •'Bontemps" Dye Works. 

Mancuso, B ". 

Mathes, L . & Co 

Miller, A. K. &Co 



Melrose Dairy Farm, Miss Martha Hottinger. 
McDermott Surgical Instrument Co , The.. .. 
Maloney. K'obert J 



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MuUer Furniture Mfg. Co., The 

McArdle, P. H 

McCloskev Bros 

Marion's Drug Store 

Mims, J. C 

Moir. W. F T 

Misse. A ug. H 

Morris J. C. Morris Co 

Mercier. I). Mercier's Sons 

N! anion & Co 

Mehle & Kausler 

Murphy Lumber Co. The 

Macon & Kernaghan 

Miller's Billiard Hall !... 

McMahon, Patrick J 

Manahan. L. N., Shreveport 

Model Steam Laundry Co . Shreveport 

Monongahela River Consolidated Coal and Coke 

Co . Win. O'Day. Raton Kouge 

Miller, W. W.. Baton Rouge 

Miller, H. W., Grocery Co.^ Lake Charles 

Mathieu, J. H., Lake'Charles . 

Maurin. The Co , Ltd., Donaldsonville 

.Maurin. ('has., Donaldsonville 

Menge Patent Pump, J W. Westerfield, Mgr.. 
Monroe Hotel Co , C L. Bradley, Mgr , Monroe 

Monroe Paint & Wall Paper Co , Monroe 

Mercliants & Farmers Bank, Monroe 



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New Orleans Roofing and Metal Works SO 

Nunn, Fred. B 34 

New Orleans Stencil Works 130 

New Orleans Railways Co ]3f, 

New Orleans Transfer, The, W.C.Faust 148 

New Orleans Worsted Store. Geo. A. Hoffman.. 152 

New Orleans Furniture Mfg. Co 2(> 

New Orleans Warehouse Co 5g 

New Orleans Brewing Co t,H 

New Orleans Tent and Awning Co., Ltd 100 



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National Blow Pipe and Mf-r. Co , Ltd 102 

Norton. E. W 152 

Xicliolls Hotel, Fred. Rog-ge, Proprietor. Baton 

Rou g^e 2i 14 

Nicholas & Renz, Lake Charles 21li 

National Automatic Fire .Alarm Co <i 



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O'Connor & Co . Ltd 

Quo, .1. S J 

Onorato. J L • . . 

O Shee Bros.. Alexandria 

O'Brien. Peter 

Oteri. S 

Ozone Spring' Water 

(^pelousas National Bank. Opelousas 



Pescud. Peter F 

Philadelphia Ice Cream Co 

Peters. S. J. Peters Livery Co 

Postal Telegraph-Cable Co 

Pelican E-xxavating Co 

Parker. Jno. M. & Co 

Prevost, James. Continental Fire Lisnrance Co. 

of New York 

Pfister. Louis 

Putnam & King, Ltd 

Peoples Savings Bank Baton Rouge 

Pistorius, Joe 

Pumilia, L 

Parker-Blake Co.. Ltd 

Palmer, K. C, & Co 

t'erry Bridges & Snyder, Shreveport 

Peojiles Bank. Natchitoches 

PlicxMii.x. The. W. G. Tebault Jr , Mgr 

Perkins & Miller Co., Ltd., Lake Charles 



Redwitz, Cafe-Restaurant, The 

K'ed River Line . . . . 

Roder, Hcnrv 

Robbert, H."j • ■ 

Ramsey Piano Mfg. Company 

Reynolds, L 

Reliage, J. A., Co., Ltd 

Reiss. Jas J Co 

K'emington Consti uction Co 

Rivet, F. P 

Rapp, A. J 

Rabito, A. P 

Royal Carpet Cleaning Co , Louis F. Leonhard. 

Ruby. The Old Ruby 

Ramos, H. C 

Roumain. J. K.. Baton Rouge 



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Ronaldsons Agency. Ltd.. Baton K'ouge. 
Rathoffs Steam Bakerv, Uonaldsonville . . 



Standard Brewing Co 

Solari A M. & .i., Ivtd 

Smith. .Marshall J.. & Co 

Schwab. John, Schwabs Music House (The 

Connor Piano) 

Siiarez. Antonio 

Salmen Brick and Lumber Co 

Schwartz. Joseph Schwartz Co , Ltd 

Shumard .\L A. & Co.. German Ins. Co 

Stewart, S. J 

Sell Inter. E 

St. Clair's Cafe, L. St. Clair 

Sleekier. J Steckler Seed Co 

Simon Photographer 

S. B. Stewart 

Segassie A. I'. J 

Southern Mirror WorUs . 

Sparks Bros. & .VlcCec 

Seebold. W. E 

Schneidau Paul M., Monongahela River Coal 

an 1 Coke Co 

Stern's Auction l^xchange 

Seidel Furniture Mfg. Co 

Spearing & Co 

Sport Towel Supply Co.. Shreveport 

Seymour & Pattison 

Singernian, Samuel 

Smith's Studio 

Smith. J. C 

Scales. E. G. & Co 

Schnetzer. Jos., Cale Restaurant Vonderbank .- 

Spaar, J A . Old Woods House 

Singer Sewing Machines 

Scalafani, Geo 

Swiss Steam Laundry 

Simui':, J D. & Sons 

Sclioen. .facoli & Son .... 

St. Charles Hotel A R Blakely & Co , Ltd ... 

Schcrer, l'"red 

Stanton. T. J 

Stanford, Gabriel D., Lake Charles 

Stroube, H. R , Baton Rouge 

Sam's Saloon, Dona Idsonvilie 

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Tujaque, Justin 94 



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Tulane University of Louisiana 46 

Tarrant, L. & Co 34 

Trepagnier, F. L. & Bro.. Donaldsonville 206 

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United Fruit Co'sSteamshii) Lines 3., Wehrmann, Mrs. V 1?2 

Uter, L.'s Heirs l--^ Wliann. Kobert J ^« 

Uniacke, (Painter) ^^ Whitney National Bank S 

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Ward & O'l oniiell. Slireveport ISO 

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West End Hotel and Restaurant, T. Trancliina 152 

Vittur A ... 108 Wisdom & Few 32 

Vea-a, Jose ^'8 White the A H. White Co . Ltd US 

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Vega, Col A. I) , • 'Cheap Toneys" New Stinv. ^ X 

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X-Ray Drug Store, Donaldsonville 204 

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Wegener. H. W., Novelty Wood Works 114 Young, Jacob F34 

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Williams. Richardson Co 72 

Weiblen. Albert '-2 Zengel & Heiderich '^ft 

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Aletrino, Gerson 117 

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Blum, Sam 117 

Bhiom, Dr. J. D ' 139 

Block, Henrv 173 

Bauer, Achille. Alexandria 205 

Bernstein, Henry. Monroe 207 

Blum, Joseph, Crowley 209 

Blum, Samuel, Donaldsonville 197 

c 

Cerf, Samson 157 

Cain, Jos L. 109 

Cahn, Edgar L 135 

Cohn, Chas. W 1 78 

D 

Dreyfus, Leon, New Iberia 217 

Dreyfus, Jule<, New Iberia 217 

Davis, Isadore H., Lake Charles 211 

Dinkelspiel, Max 123 

E 

Elling-er, Emil, Rabbi. Alexandria 203 

Eng:utter. Leopold, of Newellton ... 217 

F 

Florsheim, Henry, Shreveport 189 

Falk, Benjamin, Lafayette 205 

Farrnbacher, Jacob, Baton Roug-e 195 

Farrnbacher, S., Baton Rouge 195 

G 

Godchaux, Albert 93 

Gumbei. Simon 97 

Goetz, Edward 155 



Gumbei. Ferdinand 159 

Greenwall. Henry 163 

Gutmann, Euif. H 163 

Good. Adolph 165 

Goldstein, David 165 

Gradwohl. Meyer H 169 

(i umbel, Henry E 173 

Godchaux, Paul L 125 



Heimburg Rev. I., Monroe 207 

Hoffman. Wolf. Lake Charles 213 

Heller. Rev. Max 81 

Heidenheim. August 91 

Heidenheim. M 101 

Hevmann, Michel lui 

Hollander, M. F 143 

Hyman, Samuel 159 

H'lller. Alfred 123 

Herold, Simon, of Shreveport 189 

Herold, Herman, Shreveport 191 

I 

Israel, Melville, Donaldsonville 199 

Israel, Mayrr 137 

Isaacs. M arx ... 135 

Isaacson. Simon, Palmetto 217 



Jacobson, Rabbi M P., Shreveport 187 

Jacob, S. , Opelousas 209 

Jacobs, Jules, Rosedale 219 



K 



Krower, L 93 

Kahn, Gabriel 99 

Kreeger. Dr. Geo 109 

Kaufman. Chas .A 12'* 

Kohlmann. Ur Wm 131 

Kahn. Edgar M 135 

Kahn. (^oleman H . 149 

Kursheedt, Col E.I 153 

Kohn. Jos 11)5 

Kaufman. Ferd 178 

Keiffer. Sigmund 181 

Kahn. Arthur T.. Shreveport 187 

Kahn, Sol. Magnolia 187 

Kaufman. Leopold. Lake Charles 211 

Kaufman. Sam'l, Lake Charles 213 



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^ ^ ^ t«* Index to Portraits and Biographies «j* e^ ^^ .^ 



Kahn, Tlieodore, Jenning's 217 

Klotz, Sol., Napoleonvilie 2U) 

Klein, M. Kabbi. Doiuildsoiiville 147 

Klotz, Abraham, Donaldsonville V)'> 



Lehman, Gus, Sr 125 

Leucht, Rev. Dr. Isaac L 83 

Lew, Leopold 107 

Lazard, C 129 

Lehman. Gus, Jr 133 

Lemle, Gustav 133 

Levy, Samuel 141 

Liclitenstein, D. M 153 

Lazarus, Judg-e H. L 154 

Levy, Lazare Ill 

Lazard, Jacob C Ifil 

LichtentBg, Ale.x H 1(.3 

Levy, Felix N 171 

Loeb, I'lrnest M. ■ 175 

Levy. M. M Gibson and Donner 195 

Lehminn. Mver 177 

Lazard. Dr. Jules 179 

Landauer, Elias 181 

Levy, Lazare 181 

Lichtenstein. I M 183 

Lenostield, W. H 183 

Levin, Julius, Alexandria 201 

Levy, V'ictor, Lafayette 2ii5 

Levy, Armind, [.ake Charles. 213 

Levy, Abe, Elkinsville 195 



M 



Moore. Hon. I. D 

Marx. Sol . 

Metz, Dr. A. L 

Moses, Jos. \V 

Moss, H artwig- 

Meyer, Manfred 

Mayer. Abe 

Moss, Will 

Marx. A rchibald A 

Moses Gustave 

Magner, Jos 

Marks, Jos. H 

Mayer, Gus 

Meyer, Gen. Adolph, M. C. 

Moses, Phineas . . 

Marx, Morris 

Meyer, Henry, Alonroe 

Mayer, E. H.", Baton Koug-e 



N 



Newman, Isidore Sr. 
Newman, Hart . . . . 

Newman, J K 

Neugass, Edwin . . . . 



103 
127 
111 
111 
113 
115 
119 
157 
1()1 
lf.7 
175 
176 
121 
177 
179 
178 
2(i7 
195 



r7-79 
151 
137 
181 



o 

Odenheimer, S 183 

Offner, E 121 

Ochs, Louis 149 



P 

Pfeiffer, Simon 139 

Pforzlieimer, Henry, Donaldsonville 197 

R 

Rosen, Chas 109 

Rose, Dan A 165 

Rosenberg, Ephraim 178 

Rosenliauni, Ben 179 

Rosenthal, Jonas, Alexandria 203 

Roos, Isaac, Opelousas 209 

Roos, I ) , Opelousas 209 

Rosenthal, Rabbi P. L., Baton Rouge 193 

s 

Stern, David, Amite City 219 

Stern, M aurice 85 

Shwartz, N. I 91 

Stern. Henry 95 

Strauss, Nat 90 

Simon, Chas 113 

Shwartz, S.J 145 

Schwartz, Lazar 147 

Silverstein, Samuel 149 

Stern, Samuel H 143 

Stern, Leonard L 151 

Simon, Joseph 155 

Schaefer, Cuthbert 161 

Shwartz, Leon L 165 

Samson, Max 167 

Seiferth, Herman 176 

Silverstein. Louis 177 

Sch wartz, Sam 178 

Steeg, A... 179 

Schwartz, Leon E 181 

Simon, Jake, Lake Charles 213 

T 

Trautman, Jac 103 

Titche, Bernard 131 

Tobias, Sylvan, Baton Rouge 193 

Tobias, Maas, Donaldsonville 199 

w 

Warsaw, Rabbi Isidor, Lake Charles 211 

Wolff, Julius C 141 

Weil, L. H 145 

Waldhorn, M 141 

Weinberger, Frank J 147 

Weinberger, Jacab 153 

Weis, Julius 75 

White, Dr. E A 1(,7 

Wolf, M. J 169 

Wolbrette. David 127 

W^inter, Wm., Shreveport 191 

Wise, Sol., Abbeville 215 

Wise, Eli 215 



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Index to History, Historical Characters and Institutions. 



cWF'^'^i&i.^^ ^ 



'J-^'=>^MiJ'~'^s^ 



Association for tlie Relief of Jewish Widows 

and Orphans, its orig-in 45 

Benjamin, Judah P l"l-2l 

Bensudon, Dr .los 25-27 

B'nai B'rith, Order of 67 

Crawcour, Dr. I. L 35 

Cain, Lambert, B 35 • 

Congregation Gates of Prayer (Jackson Ave- 
nue Synagogue ) 41 

Chebra Bikur Cholim 59 

Congregation Tenieme Derech 61 

Congregation Somech Nophlim 61 

Congregations, Louisiana Interior Cities 185 222 

Cemeteries, Jewish, Old and New 63 

Dreyfous, Abel 35 

Earh' Jewish Residents 19 

Frank, Michel 35 

Gemilath Chassodim 61 

Gutheim, Rabbi Jas. K 25-29 

God's Acres 63 

Harmony Club 69 

Hebrew Public School 59-()l 

Hebrew Benevolent Society and Founders.. .. 45 

Jackson Avenue Synagogue 41 

Julius Weis Home 49 

Jewish Charities of New Orleans. 45 

Jewish Orphans Home 51-53 

Joseph Street Cemetery (>s 

Kursheedt, Gershom ... 23-27 

Kaufman, Henry 35 



Katz, Sigmund 

Kohlmann, Jacob 

Ladies Hebrew Benevolent Association 

Lehman n 

Marks. I'^erdinaiid 

Marks. Alexander 

Metairie Burial Place 

Nefusah Yehudah 

Newman, the Isidore Newman Manual Train- 
ing School . . 

Old Portugeese Cemetery .' 

Old Rampart Street Synagogue 

Old Jewish Families 



Provident Aid Society 

Phillips, Alex 

Phillips, at the Battle of Chalmette 

Portugeese Congregation 

Pioneer Jewish Families 

Rachel Benevolent Association 

Simjjson, Meyer M 

Scherck. Isaac 

Shaarai Chesed 

Shaarai Tetila 

Touro, Judah 

Touro, Judah and Bunker Hill Monument. 
Temple Sinai 



Touro Synagogue 



'J'ouro Intirmary. . . . 

Young Men's Hebrew Association. 
Young Ladies' Sewing- Society.. .. 



35 

59 
35 

35 
35 
65 

37 

55 

65 
37 
33 

61 
21-23 
25 
37 
19 

61 

29-33 

31-33 

37 

41 

17-19 
21 
41 

39-41 

4r-47 

71 
61 



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■^g^VERY class and element in the heterog-eneous 
Jmm^ in)pulati()n of our Pelican State has had its 
encomiast and memorialist — some one to in- 
form the world of the industry, intelli'u-ence and 
virtues of that particular stock, to recount its achieve- 
ments, business, professional t)r individual; to make 
known the honors acquired and institutions to be 
credited to its exemplars. Every class do we say? 
All but one. AH indeed, except the Jew. 

Something' there seems of long--felt want in this 
deficiency. Sketches there have been, it is true, 
press notices, ephemeral contributions and publica- 
tions, of transient interest and desultory character. 
But no systematic, or at all complete or authentic 
compilation. There is at all events, a certain void 
which affords us aim and purpose. This purpose is 
not, we may say, defensive. For the Israelites of 
Louisiana, no special plea is needed. In this free 



commonwealth, where they have always minyled on 
even terms with the best and hig-hest, they would 
be judg-ed if judg-ed at all, upon individual merit. 
Here many have risen to eminence, not only among- 
their own kind, but in the community g-enerally. 
And this not alone as merchants, bankers and men 
of every day affairs, but as Judges, Cong-ressmen, 
Senators, Cabinet officers, —to the hig^hest, indeed, of 
state places. 

But not of high and mighty only, their lives and 
actions, is our story. Rather a plain and simple, 
straight-forward and unvarnished, matter of fact ac- 
count, of the Jewish people of our State and city, 
past and present. Of them and for them and for 
their brethren of other States and places, and also, 
all others interested. And as such, presented by its 
Editor and Publishers without further formality of 
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«•^kEL^'ING in the mustv archives of the past, g-ath- 
J^J ering- frag-mentarv evidence here and there, un- 
raveling" tangied skeins of historical allusions 
briefly asservated, leg-ends, superstitions and the in- 
numerable theories handed down througdiout the past 
four centuries, it is a log^ical deduction that the Jews 
were among; the hardy men who soug^ht out the New 
World, the intellig-ence of a Jewish savant g^iving- to 
Columbus the sug-g-estion of the voyag-e to the Setting 
Sun and Jews' money, extorted from their coffers by 
Isabella, furnishing" the Caravels. 

In that era the Inquisition had its inception and in- 
controvertible facts may be de- 
duced convincing" that among" 
the g-randies of Hispania and 
Portug"al many adventurous 
spirits were of the Jewish faith, 
preferring the hardships in a 
New World to the rigt)rs of in- 
tolerance, if not death or abju- 
ration of their ancestral faith 
in the Land of their birth. 

To-day it is a matter of spec- 
ulation who were the first Jews 
to follow Columbus in his vvy- 
age of discovery. It is proven 
that several of those close to 
him in his memorable voyage 
were Spanish Jews. However 
this may be, it can be traced 
with accuracy and positiveness 
that the Jews of Spain and 
their descendants in Holland 
played an important part as 
pioneers in opening up the New 
World culminating in the civ- 
ilization of the present. 

It must be borne in mind 
that the history of the "Early 
Jews in Louisiana" practically 
begins with the earliest history 
of New Orleans, the then un- 
known South and Southwest. 

A hundred years ago a vast territory, now constitu- 
ting notable States of the Union, known by the term 
"the Louisiana Purchase" was acquired by the LTnited 
States. 

The story of the intrepid LaSalle "prepared ages 
of happiness for inniuuerable generations of human 
creatures" in a land, to-day, the haven of freemen who 
owe no responsibility save to the Supreme Architect 
of the Universe and, who, in the language of divine 
scrit, may stand upright in the presence of their Maker 
and their fellowmen. 




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JUDAH 
Citizen a 



It was in 1(>S2 that LaSalle, having descended the 
Great Father of Waters, planted at the point where 
the eddying river mingled with the briny waters of 
Mexic's gulf the lily-spangled escutcheon of his King, 
Louis XIV of France and gave the Pelican State and 
unknown lands the name it has borne with credit to 
this day, Louisiana. The prior discovery of DeSoto, 
whereby Spain made an ineffectual protest availed 
naught and France made good its claims. 

In 171S De la Tour marked off the streets of Old 
New Orleans at the bidding of Bienville, "the father 
of Louisiana" and for years the early pioneers strug- 
gled against floods and famines, 
through Indian wars and in 
1762 when France surrendered 
every foot of territory on the 
American continent, and, as 
trophies of war, Louisiana 
again wore the yoke of Spain, 
"in July, 17f>'»," O'Reilley, the 
Spanish Captain (General, with 
his army and navy took formal 
possession and organized the 
government upon Spanish 
principles. At that time New 
Orleans had a motley settlement 
of three thousand inhabitants, 
one-fifth of whom were slaves. 
That Jews were among these 
pioneers, practically from the 
first settlement inaugurated by 
DeSoto and LaSalle cannot be 
positively proven, but, what is 
proof positive developes in the 
fact that with the recurrence 
of Spanish domination follow- 
ing the year, 1762, Jewish 
traders were already on the 
scene of activity. 

Conspicuous among these 
were Depalachios and other 
Spanish Jews, who were in- 
timately associated with the commerce of that day 
and to whom grants were made. 

Following the Colonial War, the restless spirit of 
adventure, the untrammeled life of the Pioneers, grad- 
ually opened up the then /er9-a inro^nila, and, as the 
flags of Spain, of England, trailed in the dust and 
their defending hosts were swept away by Americans, 
Jews from other of the colonies, possibly participants 
in the incidents on many a bloody battle field "beat 
their swords into plough shares" and, returning to 
peaceful pursuits aided in laying the corner stone of 
Louisiana's future prosperity. 



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The Early Jews in Lt)uisiana recoynizing the lib- 
erty of conscience granted by the United States in the 
Colonial days, no doubt realized that it was a question 
of time when they too would be sheltered 'neath its 
flag, and accessions were made to their number and 
in turn, followini,"" the march of civilization these 
pioneers, transplanted the faith of Abraham, Isaac and 
Jacob througiidut the adjacent territory. 

Legend asserts that as far back as 17S0 Jewish res- 
idents of Old New Orleans had a Miii\iiii — a quorum 
consisting of no less than ten adult males — for the 
purpose of holding divine worship. Facts, stubborn 
facts, prove conclusively, that when New Orleans, 
was, as mapped out and designed bv De la Tour, 
limited to Canal street on the upper side, Elvsian 
Fields on the lower side and boundecl bv the river and 
what is now known as N. Rampart street, nearlv a 
century and a quarter ago, a House of Ciod was situ- 
ated on Toulouse street, not' far removed from where 
the Old Deutsche Shule, on N. 
Rampart street was once situ- 
ated, at this writing the site of 
a laundry. 

For how many years this 
Min\an existed no one knows, 
but this nucleus of Early Jews 
in Louisiana was the forerun- 
ner and afterwards the organ- 
izing factor of Congregation 
Shan!Ja7'iii Chesed — Gates of 
Mercy — chartered in 182S and 
for years occupying the Syna- 
gog on N. Rampart street, al- 
luded to above, and which ex- 
ists to-dav in connection with 
the CongTegation Dispersed of 
Judali, known as the Touro 
Synagog. 

The Charter issued in 1828 
was for a tenure of twenty-five 
years and was renewed in 1853, 
but, sad to sav, it was destroy- 
ed when the State House in 
Baton Rouge succumbed to lire 
during the Civil War, and, 
hence, important data, which 
can never be replaced, was lost 
to history. 

It is the verdict of intelligent 
people that the Jew has been a 

most important factor in the development of every 
land wherein he has reared a home. History is replete 
with facts that the Jew, wherever he has resided, has 
demonstrated a loyalty, a patriotism, a willingness to 
share the modest honors of citizenship even at the 
sacrilice of life. 

The story of the Early Jews in Louisiana will never 
be written as it should be. A few traditions, dis- 
torted even if facts, legends that though bearing the 
impress of facts cannot be accurately traced, a few 
fragments, here and there, are all that is tangible of 
the pioneers of Judah coming hither. 

During the early part of the eighteenth century it 
is not at all improbable that the Jews of Spain and 
Portugal, driven ruthlessly from the land of their 
birth, dispersed to more congenial climes. 

Many of these refugees sought a haven and a new 
tenure of life, first in Holland, afterwards attracted 
to the Barbadoes, Jamaica and other Caribbean Is- 




HON. JUDAH 
Statesman 



lands. From these sturdy and devout Jews are 
descended the early settlers in the American Colonies 
and there is no doubt that many of the notable fam- 
ilies, descendants of whom are to-day residents of 
various sections of Louisiana, can trace their ancestry 
back to the first Jewish settlers of the Carolinas. 

As far back as 1783, names most familiar to Louis- 
ianians of to-dav are a matter of record in Charleston, 
S. C, and there is no doubt that the descendants of 
these early comers were among the active participants 
in the stirring events of Old New Orleans before the 
opening of the nineteenth century. 

Conspicuous among these pioneers we note the fol- 
lowing: Aaron, Aarons, Abraham, Alexander, Ben- 
edict, Cohen, DaCosta, De La Motte, DeLeon, Depass, 
(xomez, Harlev, Harris, Hart, Hyams, Isaacs, Jonas, 
Joseph, Kursheedt, Lazarus, Levi, Levy, Lopez, 
Marks, Moise, Moses, Myers, Nathan, Philips, Seixas, 
Solomon, Suarez and Woolf. 

An effort in unfolding the 
dim vista of the past would no 
doubt result in tracing a rela- 
tionship between the men and 
women of the present in Louis- 
iana with these honored names 
which are to-day a memory. 

We content ourselves, how- 
ever, in dealing with cherished 
memories of the past, yet with- 
in the range of recollection of 
venerable and esteemed people 
who are spared to us and whose 
fondest recollections are asso- 
ciated with the acquaintance, 
with friendship, of names which 
will never pass away from the 
hearts of Louisianians, Judah 
Touro and his contemporaries 
and Judah P. Benjamin con- 
spicuous figures in the history 
of New Orleans nearly a hun- 
dred years ago. 

Conspicuous, in truth it may 
be said, occupying alone a posi- 
tion, which will be always 
cherished by his coreligionists 
in the United States, was 
Judah Touro, soldier, citizen, 
philanthropist, whose life and 
works are a part of the history 
of New Orleans, in the early days of the 19th century. 
His father, Isaac Touro, was born in Jamaica and 
was reared and educated in the refining influences of 
a Jewish home, hallowed in the annals of the past, 
and in his youth began the studies to fit himself for 
the Jewish pulpit. Coming from Jamaica to the 
United States before the eighteenth century was com- 
pleted, he met and wedded a daughter of Michael 
Moses Hays, a prominent merchant of Boston, Mass. 
JUDAH TOURO was born of this union in 1775, in 
Newport, R. I., where the Rev. Dr. Touro had ac- 
cepted a call sometime before that period. 

When the American Revolution began Isaac Touro 
returned to Jamaica where he died seven years later, 
his widow surviving him only four ^-ears. 

At the time of his father's death, Judah Touro was 
eight years old and when his fondly loved mother 
joined the silent majority he had just attained his 
twelfth year. His education and care was entrusted 



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to his maternal jrrand-father 
countintj- room the youth had 
perience. 

In 1S(I2. Ju(hih Touro came to New Orleans where 
intey-rity, honesty and application won for him friends 
and, later, fortune. He acquired wealth by his thrift 
and industry and commanded the respect of his fel- 
low citizens. 

When the war of 1S15 was proclaimed he yolunteered 
and when the British marched aifainst New Orleans 
and the memorable onslaug-ht on the Field of Chal- 
mette became history, Judah Touro was on the bat- 
tlefield carrying- shot and shell from the mag-azine to 
the battery, one of the most trying ordeals in a sol- 
dier's career. While doing his duty as a soldier he 
was severely wounded by being struck on the thigh 
with a twelve pound shot. R. A. Shepherd, an inti- 
mate friend and afterwards one of 
his heirs and executor, who was 
also serving the glorious cause 
under Andrew Jackson, learning 
of Touro's mishap, immediately 
came to his assistance, bore him 
off the battlefield, and, despite 
the positive statement that Touro 
was beyond surgical or medical 
aid. Shepherd secured a cart and 
had Touro conveyed to his pala- 
tial home where he was cared for 
and nursed back to life by the 
Shepherd family. In later life 
both these distinguished citizens 
became millionaires and though 
separate in religious beliefs were 
always boon companions and in- 
separable friends. 

Judah Touro was a philan- 
thropist who knew neither creed 
or church in his generosity. He 
purchased for Dr. Clapp, one of the 
eminent divines of that period, a 
church, on Canal street near a 
Jewish Synagog of the Portuguese 
Congregation Dispersed of Judah, 
both structures occupying a site 
near the corner of Canal and Bour- 
bon streets. He left a bequest of 
three thousand dollars to Dr. 
Clapp and one half of his estate 
was distributed among various 
charitable institutions, including 

handsome endowments to every Jewish Synagogue in 
the United States at that epoch. 

He demonstrated his fealty to the land of his birth, 
his loyalty to the stars and stripes by contributing 
ten thousand dollars to the Bunker Hill Monument. 
A pretty incident is associated with this gift. Judah 
Touro notified the Bunker Hill Monument Committee 
that when all the money except ten thousand dollars 
had been secured he would give personally the amount 
specified. This was an incentive to increase the num- 
ber of donors. 

At the height of the excitement and interest in the 
proposed monument, a great Fair was given by the 
Ladies of Boston. The delegates from Louisiana pur- 
chased the model of the monument, sent it to New 
Orleans where it occupied a place of honor in a public 
building which was destroyed afterwards by fire. 
Judah Touro was a strict adherent of Judaism and 




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Soldier and flerchant. 



took an active part in communal work of the day. It 
was he who purchased the once palatial home of a cit- 
izen, situated at the corner of Annunciation and 
Gaiennie streets, and presented it to a promising young 
physician, of that era. Dr. Jacob Bensadon, a South 
Carolinian of a distinguished Portuguese family long 
time resident in the colonies. 

The Infirmary played an important part in the early 
Jewish charities. Dr. Bensadon carried out the re- 
quests of Judah Touro, that any indigent Jew, appli- 
cant for admission, should be received and cared for 
with the same attention as if he was a pay patient. 
Further reference will be made to Dr. Bensadon and 
the Old Infirmary under another caption. 

Judah Touro died in the city of New Orleans on 
January IS, 1854, and his remains were taken to New- 
port. R. I., where they were intered, adjacent to a 
monument erected to the memory 
of his sainted father in the Jew- 
ish cemetery. 

He left a princely bequest to 
the Synagogue and Infirmary in 
New Orleans which to-day bears 
his name. He bequeathed large 
sums to many Jewish institutions 
in different parts of the LTnited 
States. 

Fourteen charitable institutions 
under the control of various Chris- 
tian denominations received be- 
quests averaging five thousand 
dollars each. 

The city of New Orleans was 
made legatee of eighty thousand 
dollars for its poor and only in 
recent years was the bequest car- 
ried out by the Touro-Shakes- 
peare Alms House taking upon 
itself the care of the city's poor, 
who for years following the de- 
struction of the Touro Alms 
House during the Civil war, had 
no haven — a haven reared for 
them by Judah Touro. 

In the annals of the past of 
New Orleans, in the promise of a 
future undreamt of by those of 
its people of to-day, no one has 
occupied, or will occupy the first 
place in the hearts of its people 
as long as the memory of Judah 
be recalled. 

PHILIP BENJAMIN was born in St. 

Indies, August 11, 1811. His parents 

1811 sailed from England 

The mouth of the Missis- 



Touro will 

JUDAH 
Croix, West 

were English Jews, who in 
to settle in New Orleans, 
sippi river being blockaded by the British fleet, they 
landed at St. Croix, where Mr. Benjamin was born. 
His boyhood was passed in Wilmington, N. C. 

In 1825, at the age of fourteen, he entered Yale, but 
left the college three years later without receiving 
a degree. He returned to New Orleans, where he 
studied law in a notary's office, being admitted to the 
bar, December 11, 1832. He did not at that time un- 
dertake to engage actively in his profession 

For some time he was engaged in 
and compiling a digest of cases decided in the local 
courts. This, at first intended for personal use only, 
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From this time on Mr. Benjamin's rise was rapid, 
and in 1S4I) he became a member of the firm of Slidell, 
Benjamin & Conrad, one of the most powerful lej^al 
firms in the Southern States, having- an extensive 
practice in phinters' and cotton merchants' cases. 

liKNJAMIN'S POLITICS. 

Politically the subject of this sketch was a Whig-, 
and in 1845. was elected as a member of the conven- 
tion held to revise the Constitution of the State. Here 
he advocated the addition of an article requiring the 
Governor to be a citizen born in the United States. 

In 1847 a United States commissioner was appointed 
to investigate the Spanish land titles, under which the 
early settlers in California claimed their property, and 
Mr. Benjamin was retained as counsel, making a trip 
to the far West. On his re- 
turn he was admitted to prac- 
tice in the United States Su- 
preme Court, and for a time 
much of his business was witli 
that body at Washington. 

In 1848 he became one of the 
presidential electors at large 
from Louisiana, and four years 
later was elected to the United 
States Senate, being again 
chosen by his party for the 
same honored position in 1857. 
But on the secession of Louis- 
iana from the Union, Mr. Ben- 
jamin, together with his col- 
league, John Slidell, withdrew 
in February, 1861. 

During his senatorial career 
he had attained pre-eminence 
in the Southern wing of the 
Democratic party, and a sharp 
personal controversy between 
himself and Jefferson Davis 
seemed likely to cause a duel, 
when the latter apologized on 
the floor of the Senate for hard 
language he had used. 

Mr. Benjamin advocated the 
Kansas-Nebraska bill of Mr. 
Douglas in 1854, but afterwards 

insisted that the principle of popular sovereignty had 
been definitely set aside by the declaration of the Su- 
preme Court in the Dred-Scott case, which, he con- 
tended, should be accepted as conclusive. His firm 
advocacy of the legal claims of slavery brought from 
Senator Wade, of Ohio, the remark that Mr. Benja- 
min was "a Hebrew with Egyptian principles." 

IN THE CONFKDEKATE CABINET. 

On the formation of the provisional government of 
the Confederate States he was appointed Attorney- 
general, and in August, 1861, was transferred to the 
War Department, succeeding L. P. Walker. Having 
had some trouble with a committee from the Confed- 
erate Congress, he resigned his position, but imme- 
diately became Secretary of State, which place he 
held until the final overthrow of the Confederate 
Government. 

Mr. Benjamin had the reputation of being "the 
brains of the Confederacy'," and it is said that Presi- 




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dent Davis was in the habit of sending tt) him all 
work that did not obviously belong to the department 
of some other minister. It was his habit to begin 
work at 8 a. m., and he often occupied his desk until 
2 o'clock the next morning. 

On the fall of the Confederacy he fled from Rich- 
mond with other members of the Cabinet, and on be- 
coming sei)arated from the party, escaped from the 
coast of P'lorida to the Bahamas in an open boat, 
thence going- to Nassau, and in September. 1865, 
reached Liverpool. He at once began the study of 
Knglish law, and was entered as a student at Lin- 
coln's Inn, January 13, 1866. 

In the following summer Mr. Benjamin was called 
to the English bar at the age of fifty-five. At first 
his success was slight, and he was compelled to resort 
to journalism for a livelihood. In 1868 he published 
"A Treatise on the Law of Sale of Personal Prop- 
erty," which is now the author- 
ity on this subject in English 
law. 

HONORS IN ENGLAND. 

After the publication of this 
book the practice of Mr. Ben- 
jamin grew rapidly, and in 
June, 1872, he was made (Jueen's 
counsel, after which his busi- 
ness became as large and re- 
munerative as that of any law- 
yer in the land. Among his 
many arguments the one most 
generally known is that which 
he delivered before the Court 
for Crown Cases Reserved, in 
the behalf of the captain of 
the "Franconia." His last 
great nisi prius case was that 
of Anson and others against 
the London & Northwestern 
Railway. After this he ac- 
cepted only briefs upon appeal, 
and appeared solely before the 
House of Lords and the Privy 
Council. 

Early in 188.^ he was com- 
pelled by failing health to re- 
tire from practice, and a fam- 
ous farewell banquet was given 
him in the hall of the Inner 
Temple, London, June 30, 1883. He then withdrew 
to Paris, where his wife and daughter resided, and 
where his health rapidly failed until his death, May 
8th, 1884. 

ALEXANDER PHILIPS, one of the pioneers of 
conunerce in old New Orleans, was born in indigence, 
and reared in the school of adversity. In his youth 
emig-rating from Holland to a foreign land, where un- 
known and uncared for, without home or abiding 
place, by his indefatigable perseverance and unswerv- 
ing integrity, he succeeded in amassing wealth, ac- 
quiring- reputation and attaining a hig-hly enviable 
position in society. His life offers reflection to the 
old — example to the young. He was born in the year 
1775 in the city of Amsterdam, and after having re- 
ceived the trade of a whitesmith, and enduring num- 
erous privations always attendent upon poverty, he, at 
the age of sixteen years, emigrated to the United 
States, in quest of a comfortable maintenance, which 



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his t)\vn lioiiif could not aiford. He settled in the 
State of Pennsylvania where he was oblit^ed by his 
necessitous circumstances and g-ladly received employ- 
ment in the capacity of a farmers boy. For two 
years he did service in this luunble capacity, during- 
which time, by his industry and fidelity, he won the 
confidence of his employer and the friendship of many. 
In 17')4, with that reckless spirit, which characterized 
his youth and impelled by that love for military g^lory 
which all young; men of warm and gfenerons impulses 
admire, he enlisted under Gen'l Anthony Wayne, to 
quell the "Whiskey Insurrection," but the happy 
termination of this difiicultv sot)n after caused the dis- 
bandment of the volunteer corps, and, he ag^ain found 
himself destitute of funds and employment. He se- 
cured employment from Gen. Hennen of Harrisburg", 
Pa. With this g-entleman he remained until 17'*'), 
when, removingf to the city of 
Philadelphia he, under the advise- 
ment of a friend procured a small 
quantity of merchandise and thus 
equijiped, he g"irded up his loins 
and marched throug-h the country 
an itinerant merchant, always 
finding- a ready market for his 
merchandise' his pleasing- appear- 
ance winning- the patronag-e of 
the women, his unassuming- de- 
meanor the aid of the men. For- 
tune smiled upon his undertak- 
ing-s. Continued success, extend- 
ing credit and g-reater means, 
soon enabled him to extend his 
business operations and at the end 
of a few years, he became master 
of his own establishment and 
seated permanently in the Quaker 
City. 

After a residence of seven years, 
during- which time, by close ap- 
plication to business he had real- 
ized a considerable amount, fol- 
lowing- the bent of his mind, 
which being- enticed away by the 
alluring- representations made to 
him of the newly-acquired terri- 
tory of Lt>uisiana, of the wealth 
of its inhabitants and the fine 
field there offered for speculation, 
he, in the year ISOS, removed to 
the city of New Orleans and im- 
mediately entered into the mer- 
cantile business. By means of his energ-y, experience 
and nice discernment, he soon assumed a respectable 
position in the mercantile world. He continued to 
flourish in this capacity, without the occurrence of 
any event worthy of record pursuing- the "even tenor 
of his way" an honest money-making- boKrurois. Until 
the year 1S14 when, called away from his calculations 
by the invasion of the British he, with all the enthu- 
siasm of a man who seeks to protect his fire-side from 
the assaults of an invading- foe, immmediately enlisted 
a volunteer, receiving- the commission of first lieuten- 
ant, and served during- the whole campaig-n with 
g-reat g-allantry and ze.il. At the battle of Chalmette 
Plains the connnand of his company devolving; up.)n 
himself; by his able management and the intrepidity 
of his men, he received the approbation of his supe- 
riors in command. This battle, which shed an undv- 




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ing lustre on the American arms, putting an end to 
his service, he resumed business pursuits. 

In the year ISll, he allied himself to a lady from 
Baton Rouge. A numerous progeny blessed their 
union, having the cares of a family incumbent upon 
him, he redoubled his exertions, success crowned his 
efforts, and after years of toil, lie retired from active 
business. 

Among the veteran residents, and very few survive 
to-day — it is recalled that the Philips establishment 
was located on the wood side of Chartres street near 
the corner of Bienville street. Later the subject of 
this sketch established himself in the grocery business 
on what is now known as St. Charles avenue, at the 
intersection of Jackson avenue, directly facing the 
Harmony Club building, and which establishment 
years afterward became an enterprise made famous 
by its untiring proprietor, Mr. 
Charles Ballejo. 

At the era when Mr. Philips 
founded the establishment, a 
wide and unobstructed view of 
the Mississippi river was to be 
had from the doors of his store. 
St. Charles avenue was lined 
with cotton wood trees, a public 
road leading to the plantations 
bordering the banks of the river 
for hundreds of miles. 

The veteran and honored citi- 
zen, iSIr. Ballejo, entered his em- 
plo}- in the early 40's and enjoyed 
the esteem of the pioneer and his 
family in his j'outh and man- 
hood. 

The sons and daughters of the 
veteran and honored citizen were, 
in their day, prominent and social 
favorites. A son, Alfred, was a 
])artncr of the famous lawyer, 
Roselius. Elenora Philips mar- 
ried Simon Newburger, also a 
pioneer in industrial and com- 
mercial circles. Eliza Philips 
married a namesake of Ohio, and 
Mrs. Judge Jno. B. Cottom was 
also a daug-hter. 

At an advanced age, far be- 
yond that allotted to man, Mr. 
Philips died regretted by the 
people of Old New Orleans, for 
in him they recognized a useful, 
honored citizen, -who had contributed greatly to the 
progress of the city and its best interests. 

DR. JOSEPH BENSADON, whose name and fame 
will always be associated with the Touro Infirmary, 
though born in New York, January '*, ISIM, is claim- 
ed by the South as a favored son. A descendant of 
an aristocratic Sephardic family, who removed to 
South Carolina when the subject of this sketch was a 
child, he was reared amidst the elegance and refined 
surroundings of a Southern Jewish home. 

After receiving a liberal and scholarly education 
the youth applied himself to the study of the Science 
and Art of .NIedicine, graduating with honors as a 
Doctor 9! Medicine, at the age of twenty-one from 
the famed University at Charleston. 

Dr. Bensadon was among; the first of the Medical 



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profession to offer his services to the g'overnment 
when the War with Mexico was threatened and, when 
hostilities begfan, he went to the front and served 
with distinction in the American Army. 

In 1847, Dr. Bensadon cast his fortunes with New 
Orleans. His splendid personality, his ability as a 
ph^-sician and surgeon was at once recognized and 
won for him the esteem of the community. By chance 
he formed the acquaintance of Judah Touro and the 
acquaintanceship merged into friendship that was 
only shattered by death. He was not only the phy- 
sician of Judah Touro but his most intimate and con- 
fidential friend and, it is recalled by those few of our 
venerable citizens who are familiar with the past, 
that the venerable Touro and the capable young phy- 
sician were inseperables. 

Whether Judah Touro conceived the idea or wheth- 
er it was at the suggestion of Dr. Bensadon that the 
Infirmary, now bearing the honored name of Touro 
was founded, no one knows, 
but it is known that Judah 
Touro purchased the Paulding 
residence, situated at the cor- 
ner of what is now known as 
Annunciation and Gaiennie 
streets, converted it into a hos- 
pital and placed it in charge 
of Dr. Bensadon. 

Carrying out the philan- 
thropic views of its founder. 
Dr. Bensadon was hampered 
to a great extent because it 
became not only a hospital 
but a caravansary for poor and 
homeless people, for the char- 
itable impulses of the calm, 
didactic, practical physician, 
could not resist the plea of the 
poor and suffering. 

Dr. Bensadon sustained his 
reputation as a physician and 
surgeon, notably during the 
dread days of successive Yel- 
low Fever epidemics and laid 
the prestige of the Touro In- 
firmary which year after year 
becomes more famed. He par- 
ticipated in its affairs, after it 
had passed into the charge of 
the Touro Infirmary and He- 
brew Benevolent Association and while not actively 
associated in later years with its medical corps, al- 
ways had a tender thought for the grand institution 
founded by his friend and mentor, Judah Touro. 

When the Civil War began, 1861, Dr. Bensadon 
again exhibited his patriotism by offering his ser- 
vices to the Confederacy, and was accorded the rank 
of surgeon and, with the "Boys who wore the Gray" 
seen active service until the termination of hostilities. 

Returning to New Orleans Dr. Bensadon resumed 
his professional work, attaining continued distinc- 
tion and enjoying a lucrative practice. On December 
2, 1871, in the full possession of his faculties a vet- 
eran of two wars, this true and trusted Practitioner 
of Medicine, benevolent and charitable to a fault, 
went to his eternal rest regretted and mourned b}- a 
grand concourse of friends. 




DR. JOSEPH BEN5AD0N, 
A Distinguished Surgeon. 



KURSHEEDT is a name associated with the United 
States since Colonial days. Israel Baer Kursheedt 
was born in Frankfort-on-the-Main, of a family who 
had resided in that city for many years, where suc- 
cessive generations were noted for their culture, at- 
tainments and scholarship. Israel Baer Kursheedt 
left the paternal home in his youth coming to seek 
that liberty of conscience he desired, to Richmond. 
\'a., when it was the center of Colonial life. Later 
he married a daughter of the Rev. Gershom Mendes 
Seixas. one of the most noted Rabbis of this countr}-. 
Of this union, born in Richmond, Va., were two chil- 
dren, who, in after years participated in Jewish af- 
fairs in Louisiana. The family removed later to 
New York City where they occupied a distinguished 
position in social and commercial circles. 

Mendes Kursheedt, born in Richmond, Va., in 
1810, on attaining his majority went to Kingston, 
Jamaica, where he entered commercial life. He mar- 
ried an English lady, a mem- 
ber of the Duke family and, in 
1840 removed to New Orleans, 
'•.^ passing away on January 8, 

1886, mourned by numerous 
friends, who, knowing him 
well, regarded him as the em- 
bodiment of Honor. 

Gershom Kursheedt, was 
born in Richmond, Va.. in 
\ 1815, was taken to New York 
, on the removal of the family, 
and in the ardor of youth, bade 
f farewell to the parental home 
and came to New Orleans. 
After a little while Gershom 
Kursheedt established himself 
in business but found ample 
time to devote to charitable 
and communal affairs. 
, Associated with the great 
philanthropist, Judah Touro, 
and the coterie of liberal, 
charitably disposed Israelites 
of that day, when the Widows' 
and Orphans' Home was pro- 
posed, Gershom Kursheedt, at 
once became its earnest advo- 
cate. At the memorable meet- 
ing held in the Old Armory 
Hall, on November 25, 1854, he 
occupied the chair and afterwards aided in shaping 
the preliminaries. About -the same time Sir Moses 
Montefiore, authorized by Oueen Victoria to visit 
distant parts of Europe in the interest of persecuted 
Jews, extended an urgent invitation to Gershom Kur- 
sheedt to accompany him on this hallowed mission. 
When the first officers of the Association for the 
Relief of Jewish Widows' and Orphans were elected 
Gershom Kursheedt declined the Presidency and later 
left New Orleans going to England. He not only 
became identified with the great philanthropical 
work of Sir Moses ]SIontefiore but also married a 
favorite neice of the greatest and most favored Jew 
of England of that day, to whom and his family and 
their successors royal favor was shown, and with 
whom the lamented Victoria and her children, in- 
cluding Edward VII, King of England and Emperor 
of India, were and are on the most int mate footing. 
Gershom Kursheedt had ample opportunities to 



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(IcviitL^ his time to the ainelii)ration of distresses amotiii- 
his corelitrionists and manv instances are chronicled 
of his work and kindlv acts upon the history of the 
Engiish Jewry. His death occurred in Lon(Uin, En- 
i;-land, in 1S()2. 

JAMES KOPPEL (lUTHEIM was born in Menne, 
District of Warburg-, Westphalia, November 15, 1S17. 
His ancestry were noted for their learning- and he him- 
self early evinced gTeat thirst for knowledge and made 
rapid advances in his scholastic and collegiate pro- 
gTess. His first ministerial service was at Senden- 
liorse, in 1838. 

In 1843 he removed to New York whence he was in- 
vited to Cincinnati in 1841), where he became pastor of 
the B'nai Yeshuren Congregatit)n, and dedicated the 
first temple of that congreg^ation. In compliance with 
the call of the Shaarai Chased Cong"reg'ation then 
worshiping- on Rampart street in 
this city, he came to New Or- 
leans in 1850, and dedicated its 
first edifice in 1851. 

He performed the funeral rites 
of the g-reat philanthropist, Judali 
Touro in 1854. In the same year 
he became Rabbi of the svna- 
g-ogue known as the Dispersed of 
Judah, and in 1857 dedicated their 
Svnag-og-ue, Nefutsah Jehudah. 

When the question oi States' 
rights and secession was the t(]])ic 
of the hour, James K. (iutheim 
showed his mettle and devotion 
to the South, his home, endeared 
by associations that were only 
severed by Death. He was as 
frank as he was outspoken and 
his views were as weig-hty as 
those of any of the actual leaders 
in the cause. He was loval to the 
Confederacy, aiding by voice and 
pen its orig-in and with the cessa- 
tion of hostilities he was among 
the foremost of the Southern men 
to urge accepting- cheerfully the 
results and again strive to make 
the South an Eden on Earth. 

His fealty to the Bonnie Blue 
flag-, his loyalty to principle and 
his courage in expressing- his con- 
victions caused an episode that 
will never be forgotten. New 

( )rleans had surrendered and Ben Butler was in au- 
thority. James K. Gutheim was among the irrecon- 
ciliables who refused to take the Iron Clad Oath, de- 
clined any and all overtures and, furthermore, refused 
with disdain to shield himself behind his ministerial 
calling-. Ben Butler had him escorted to the lines, 
and again James K. Gutheim was among his people, 
the stalwart Confederates. 

Going to Montgomery, Ala., he accepted a call to 
occupy the pulpit of the Cong-regation in that city 
and later removed to Columbus, Ga., thoug-h both of 
these communities were small, due to the fact that 
every Israelite capable to hold a g-un wore the Gray 
Jacket. Thus from 18f)3 to 1865 Dr. (iutheim cast his 
lot with minor cong-regations. 

When the war was over, 18()5, he returned to New 
Orleans and resumed charged of the Synag-og-ue on 




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Kampart street, introducing- there the great reform 
movement, of which he may justly be called one of 
the distinguished American leaders. He laid the cor- 
ner stone of the Svnagog-ue Temimi Derech, in 18()(i. 
The Temple Emanuel of New York being aware of 
his g-reat learning:, invited him to occupy the chair of 
English Lecturer, which he accepted in the fall of 
18()8. The citizens of New Orleans, of all shades of 
belief, on learning- of his contemplated departure, pre- 
sented the following Memorial: 

New Okleans, June 1(), 181)8. 

REV. J. K. GUTHEIM, 

"Rkvkkend Sik — We, the undersigned citizens of 

New Orleans, not of your faith, but for many years 

your personal friends and admirers, have learned with 

profound regret of a movement having for its object 

your permanent remo\-al to New 

York. 

"Your long residence in this 
city has identified you with her 
\velfare and secured for you a 
hig-h place in the affections of her 
people. We recognize in you the 
warm-hearted, genial friend, the 
enlightened, patriotic citizen, and 
the divine of extraordinary learn- 
ing-, clearness of ])erception 
and power of eloijuence rarely 
equaled. 

"We reg-ard your removal from 
us not merely an irreparable loss 
to your church and people, but a 
calamity to this city and state, as 
we cannot afford at this time to 
lose such men as you. We most 
sincerely hope, therefore, that 
some satisfactory arrangement 
may be made for your remaining- 
permanently among us, that your 
example and eloquence may lead 
this people in paths of education, 
virtue and peace. 

"Believe us to remain, with 
sentiments of great respect, yt)ur 
most obedient servants." 

The above letter was sig-ned by 
over one hundred of the leading 
men of New Orleans. 

Dr. Gutheim remained in New 
York, four years, attending the 
Rabbinical Convention in Philadelphia in 18()') of 
which he was the Vice-President. 

During his Northern residence he, together with 
Hon. Morris Ellinger established '/7/c Jewish 7 iincs 
and was associated editor. 

The seeds of the reform movement which he had 
sown in New Orleans fructified and in 1871 he was in- 
vited to return to this city and take charge of the new 
reform congreg-ation known as the Temple Sinai. 
which call he accepted and in November, of that year, 
he laid the corner stone of the Temple which now or- 
naments Carondelet street between Howard avenue 
and Calliope street. In 1872 he entered upon his duties 
as Rabbi. From that date until his death, June 11, 
188(i, he, with unrelenting devotion and attention, 
ministered to this large and influential congregation, 
constantly widening- and enlarging its infiuence until 



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its membership are associated with numerous charities 
in this city. Rev. Dr. (iutheim made it a strong- cen- 
ter of relig-ious Jewish intluence, not only in New Or- 
leans, but of the entire South, its principles of reform 
permeatinsj- almost every cong-reg'ation in this section. 
Dr. Gutheim took an active and prominent part in 
founding- and promoting thtv success of many chari- 
table institutions in New Orleans. 

He was the principal mover in the org-anization of 
the Association for the Relief of Jewish Widows" and 
Orphans' and was successively its Secretary, Treas- 
urer and Vice-President, which latter office he held for 
a number of years. 

Of the Touro Infirmary he was the First Vice- 
President from its org-anization in 1S55 until his death 
in 188(). He was a member and President of the He- 
brew Benevolent Association from the date of his 
residence in this city. 

During his official career he 
dedicated Temples for Hebrew 
worship in Louisville, Ky.; St. 
Louis, Mo.; Cincinnati, Ohio; San 
Antonio, Tex.; Mobile and Mont- 
gomery, Ala.; New Orleans and 
other cities. 

For several years, from 1867, he 
was a member of the Board of 
Directors of the public schools of 
New Orleans and its acting pres- 
ident. 

As an author and sermonizer 
he attained a wide celebrity. 
Many of his works have been pub- 
lished, the most noted being the 
"Temple Pulpit" and a trans- 
lation from the German of the 
fourth volume of the "History 
of the Jews" by Dr. H. Graetz; 
also from the Hebrew about half 
of the Book of Psalms. In ad- 
dition to which his popular col- 
lections of Hymns for the Tem- 
ple Emanuel. 

One of his most pleasing ren- 
ditions of the Hebrew is the fol- 
lowing- translations of the 23rd 
Psalm: 




ISAAC SCMERCK, 

Ex-President, Jewish Widows' ond Orphans' Home 



The Lord's mv Shepherd ever more. 

I bhall not want, nf»r e'er shall pine. 
By tranquil streams. He'll place my store 

On pastures sweet malie me recline. 
He cheers my soul for his own sake. 

He ever leads in virtue's wake. 

And though 1 walk throuph shades of Heath 
Through silent vales (»' mortal gloom— 

I fear no harm from mould'ring breath, 
Ood is with me beyond the t(»mb. 

His rod and staff will' surely be 
My comfort in eternity. 



Sly wants he kindly will supply. 
My table in his love i)repare. 

Despite the glance of envy's eye 
Ood will sustain me iii his'care. 

He will with oil annoiot my head 
And on my cup his blessings shed. 

Thus grace and goodness will attend 
My journey to lire's hidden shore, 

And happiness will crown my end 
And be mv portion ever more, 

For in God's house I shall. abide 

And ever bless my heavenly guide. 



Dr. Gutheim was a man of great breadth of view, 
of deep research and of a high degree of culture. In 
those studies incident to his profession he was thor- 
oughly equipped and was also well stored with his- 
toric fore of all kinds. His vast erudition enabled 
him to ably cope with all the great problems of his 
day. He was ever the champion of Truth and man- 
fully defended the faith of the Israelites. His sweep 
of thought led him to heig-hts not frequently reached, 
and his power of oratory enabled him to rivet the at- 
tention of his larg-e audiences upon whatever theme 
his versatile mind selected. 

In 1858 Dr. (iutheim married Miss Emilie, a daugh- 
ter of Mr. I. I. Jones, a prominent merchant of Mo- 
bile, Ala., who with cheerful mien and courageous 
heart faithfully fultilled the duties of a Rabbi's wife, 
seconding his every effort for the up-lifting of what- 
ever community in which their 

lot was cast. In none, however, 

have their lives made a deeper or 
more lasting- impression than in 
this city, where his widow still 
resides. 

Dr. Gutheim was an inlluential 
member of the Conference of 
Charities, the New Orleans Aux- 
iliary Sanitary Association, the 
Louisiana Educational Society, 
the Louisiana Historical Society, 
the Society of the Red Cross and 
a Counsellor of the Society of 
Civics. 

He died on June 11, 1886, and 
his remains, for the first time, 
in the Jewish history of Louis- 
iana, lay in state in the Temple 
until June 14, when they were in- 
terred. The following prominent 
gentlemen, representing- all creeds, 
acted as pall bearers: 

Gov. S. D. McEnery, Mayor J. 
V. Guillotte, A. Lehman, Presi- 
dent Touro Synagog-ue; M. Frank, 
President Temple Sinai; M. 
Heidenheim, President Gates of 
Prayer; Z. Bruenn, President 
Ternime Derech; Julius Weis, 
President Touro Infirmary; E. I. 
Kursheedt, President Jewish W. 
& O. Home; Edward Fenner, 
President Sanitary Association; S. B. Newman, Pres- 
ident Conference of Charities; Hon. Chas. Gayarre, 
President Historical Society; Jno. Kruttschnitt, Rep- 
resenting Red Cross Society; Hon. Louis Bush, Pres- 
ident Louisiana Educational Society. 

The State Senate, then in session, upon motion of 
Hon. Larry O'Donnell of New Orleans adopted the 
following resolution and adjourned out of respect for 
his memory: 

"Be It Rk:solved, By the Senate of Louisiana that 
we mournfully deplore the death of Rev. James K. 
Gutheim, who in life was an exemplary citizen, an 
accomplished divine, and a noble philanthropist. 

"Be It Resolved, That in his death the commun- 
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wards of forty years has sustained a severe if not an 
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tlie <leceased may live and he perpetuated, and in just 
recognition of liis exemphirv life, these resolutions be 
spread of record upon the minutes of the Senate and 
that the vSenate do adjourn in respect to his memory, 
and that a copy of these rtjsolutions be transmitted to 
the familv of the deceased si<rned bv the (rovernor 
and Lieutenant Governor." 

The resolution was unanimously adoi)ted. 

The Judg-es of the Civil District Court sitting' cit 
htuir listened to an eulogv delivered by Judg^e F. A. 
Monroe upon the life and career of the gTeat Rabbi 
and at its conclusion, the Court adjourned, a tribute 
to the esteem he was borne in. 

MEYER M. SIMPSON was one of a coterie of g-en- 
tlemen, resident of the citv of New Orleans, over a 
half centurv ag^o, whose culture, eng'aging" qualities 
and public spirit tended to g'ive eclat to the city in 
after years. He was an intimate friend of Judah 
Touro and the brilliant minds identified with him in 
the plans looking- to the advancement of the city and 
laying- the foundation of the g-reat charities that are 
a pride to our people to-day. 

Mr. Simpson was born in Charleston, S. C, in 1823, 
a lineal descendant of a representative family whose 
Judaism was never questioned and of which they were 
justly proud. He received an education in the best 
schools of South Carolina and while a youth barely in 
his teens, came to New Orleans where he secured em- 
ployment in a commercial enterprise as a clerk. 

Apt and trained in the school of experience, he mas- 
tered the intricacies of commercial and financial suc- 
cess and before he was in the full prime of manhood 
he embarked into business on his own account. A 
shrewd financier and business man, whose integ-rity 
and honesty was fullv apj)reciated by the public, his 
career as a banker and broker for over thirty con- 
secutive years was a continuous success, creditable to 
himself and profitable to his patrons. 

Mr. Simpson never deviated from the jiath of duty 
he had been reared in and the communal interests of 
that era found in him not onlv an ardent member but 
an untiring- worker. His earliest experience in phil- 
anthropic work was in the dread days when Yellow 
Fever devastated the citv year after year, leaving- in 
the trail of the "Yellow Demon," homeless, friendless 
widows and bereft, hapless orphans. 

When the proposition was discussed bv representa- 
tive Jews to found a haven for Jewish Widows and 
Orphans, Mr. Simpson not onlv acquiesced but with 
indomitable zeal applied himself to the noble task. 
He was a participant in the various preliminarv meet- 
ing's and was present at the memorable meeting" in the 
Armory Hall on November 25, 1854, presided over by 
(iershom Kursheedt, and among" others present were 
the lamented Gutheim and Georg-e Jonas, and other 
g-entlemen whose meuiories will be ever cherished. 

When all the details of org-anization were completed 
and the Association for the Relief of Jewish Widows 
and Orphans a reality and the Jewish Widows' and 
Orphans' Home a certainty M. M. Simpson was 
elected president. 

"No storied urn or animated bust" are required to 
perpetuate the memory of the courtly, talented M. M. 
Simpson. As long- as there are Jewish Orphans to 
house and educate in the paths of the rig"hteous, and 
Jewish widows to comfort and provide for, the name 
of M. M. Simpson, first president of the Association 
for the Relief of Jewish Widows and Orphans, will be 
reverentlv recalled and his memorv blessed. 



ISAAC SCHERCK was a type of the honest, ardent 
indefatig-able voutlis, who, turning away from the as- 
sociations of their childhood, parents, home, kindred 
and friends, came to the United States to carve out 
their own career. 

Isaac Scherck was born in Posen, Prussia, Decem- 
ber 25, 1833, where he received a preliminary educa- 
tion according- to the system then in vog-ue. At the 
'age of thirteen vears he emig-rated to the United 
States, his capital, good health, and the equivalent of 
fiftv dollars. Coming- South his first effort in earning- 
a living was as a clerk in a countrv store in Summit. 
Miss. 

His experience proved to his advantage, for, after 
sev^eral years, he branched out in business on liis own 
account. His honest methods won friends for him, 
and step by step he laid the foundation of a success- 
ful business career which yielded for him in after 
years a fortune. 

But the thoughts and methods of Mr. Scherck werp 
not all centered in business. He took an active inter- 
est in public affairs, and, as he afterwards demon- 
strated was a thoroug-h Southerner. 

In 18()1 when the South resounded with the alarums 
of war, Mr. Scherck enlisted in a Mississippi reg-iment 
as a private and went to the front. With his com- 
panions he faced disaster and death upon many a hotlv 
contested battlefield. His couragfe and tacit obedience 
to orders won for him advancement and during- the 
latter vears of the war he had risen to the rank of 
Majt)r an<l Chief Commissary, Confederate States 
Army. 

When the war was over Major Scherck returned to 
civil life, and resumed his business career, practically 
starting ag-ain at the bottom of the ladder. In 1S(>(> 
he wedded Miss Esther Marks. 

Devoting himself to his business he made rapid 
strides and after years of marked activity and success 
removed to New Orleans where he became a member 
of the cotton house, Alcus, Scherck & Autev. 

Thougfh untiring" in attending to the details of his 
ever increasing business, Mr. Scherck found time to 
devote to the study and precepts of Fraternities and 
was an honored Mason as well as identified with other 
charitable org-anizations, among- these the Association 
for the Relief of Jewish Widows and Orjihans of 
which he was President at one time. 

Ever actuated bv a high sense of honor and dutv. 
Major Scherck always occupied a first place in the 
hearts of friends, his most casual acquaintances in 
turn yielding of their esteem for him. His death, 
which occurred in 1888, was deplored for in his passing" 
an honored and useful citizen was lost to the 

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to-day had its inception in the standard of excellence 
reared by the Early Jews in Louisiana's history. It 
is reg-retable that no data is obtainable to do honor to 
the memorv of the many who aided in all good and 
noble projects in the past. 

Of those who participated in afl^airs, commercial, 
communal and social of a half centurv ago there are 
three survivors at this date, Joseph Simon, Jos. H. 
Marks and Jos. Magner. 

Among- those g"one before, whose memory are re- 
called with reverence are Georg"e Jonas, the Levy 
family, the Abrams, Emanuel, the Florance family, 
the Jose])h family, the Marks family, and others of 
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These representative people were practical, zealous 
Israelites, their descendants none the less ardent, and 
were honored by their fellow citizens. Some of these 
were leaders in the professions and callinj^s of learn- 
ing", others astute business men, who laid the founda- 
tion of the prosperity of New Orleans. 

Dr. I. L. Crawcour, was a compeer of the celebrities 
of New Orleans of over fifty years ag^o whose g-entle 
deeds of kindness and ministration to the sick are a 
pleasant recollection of the best known people of the 
city to-day. Born, reared and educated in Enufland, 
possessing- a keen and analytical mind, he studied med- 
icine in the most renowned schools of Engfland, fitting- 
himself thoroug-hly for his profession. Graduating- 
with honors he came to New Orleans in the early '40s 
and at once entered upon an active career in the prac- 
tice of medicine and allied sciences. His ability and 
scholarly attributes were recognized and the practi- 
tioners of medicine in New Orleans recognized in him 
a peer of peers. Associated with the leading profes- 
sional men of the city, he was an imposing figure and 
factor in Medicine for over forty years. When the 
New Orleans College of Medicine was found and dur- 
ing its tenure of existence, Dr Crawcour was one of 
its professors. Dr. Crawcour was also identified with 
the Touro Infirmary for years and was a devoted friend 
of the institution. In his demise, the profession 
of medicine lost one of its most notable figures 
and the community one of its most worthy and dis- 
tinguished citizens. 

Abel Dreyfous, lilcrali, scholar, tiseful and good 
citizen, was also a prominent figure of those da3-s. 
Coming from La Belle F^rance in his early manhood, 
thoroughly educated in Arts, Sciences and the Law, 
he gave his attention to a professional calling and 
before long became prominent as "Notaire". Suave, 
courteous and competent he built up an immense pat- 
ronage and up to his demise, was the leading Notary 
Public of the city. While approachable and ever 
courteous, his temperament was that of the student, 
preferring to occupy himself with his work and his 
studies than to waste valuable time in social frivolities. 
Nevertheless, Mr. Dreyfous wielded vast influence 
and contributed his share to the upbuilding of affairs. 

Michel Frank was a compeer of the ardent men 
who came from France in their young manhood and 
aided in all the plans for the welfare of the Crescent 
City in the years gone by. He was modest and un- 
assuming and in a quiet and methodical manner pur- 
sued the even tenor of his way, as a clerk, as an em- 
bryo merchant, as a merchant prince and finally as a 
banker. He entered with zest upon anj- plan for the 
betterment of conditions. When Congregation Tem- 
ple Sinai was projected he took an active interest in 
its establishment and was chosen its first president, 
occupying that honored position for several successive 
years. He was also prominent in other Communal 
bodies and in all things exhibited an interest and 
loyalty to Judaism. 

Henry Kaufman is recalled as a stalwart figure in 
affairs of Old New Orleans, a practical man of af- 
fairs who, nevertheless, was always found at his post 
of duty when Charity called. He came to Louisiana 
from the Fatherland in his early manhood and for 
upwards of two scores of years was conspicuous in 
affairs in this city. He passed away regretted by a 
concourse of friends in 1866. 

Lambert B. Cain was a familiar figure, an ardent, 
wholesouled gentleman whose memory is zealously 
guarded by all who knew his worth and works. He 



was born in 1821, coming hither from his birth place 
across the ocean in his youth and at once imbued by 
the privileges of citizenship in this great country 
allied himself with representative people. His opin- 
ions carried weight with them and in all the years of 
his life parsed in New Orleans he enjoyed the esteem 
and regard of all. Though only in his sixtieth year 
when he closed his eyes in slumbers sweet — 1881 — 
his influence in affairs communal bore good fruits. 

Jacob Kohlman, a brainy, courteous, honorable 
man was a contemporary of the many Israelites who 
aided in founding the reputation the Early Jews in 
Louisiana enjoyed. He came likewise to New Or- 
leans in his early manhood from his birthplace in 
Germany and soon took a prominent position in af- 
fairs. He "wrapped the draperies of his couch about 
him" like a babe soothed to rest by its mother's 
lulaby at the advanced age of 70, his death occurring 
in 1897. 

Sigmund Katz arrived in New Orleans years ago, 
at an era when Jewish Charity knew no such terms as 
"Organized" or "Almoners"; years before stately 
buildings dedicated to the sick and suffering, the 
widowed, orphaned and the aged were dreamt of. He 
came provided with no other resources but his good 
health and indomitable perseverance to succeed. He 
carved out his own career. From an humble begin- 
ning he became a small merchant, and as years pass- 
en by amassed a fortune becoming a leader in com- 
mercial affairs. He was a plain, blunt man, his 
wealth and influence not altering his characteristics 
especially the habit of expressing his opinion and 
standing by his word. He was a power in financial 
and commercial affairs his brusque, rugged waj' only 
a cloak for a good, great heart, every pulsation of 
which throbbed for his fellowman. 

Abraham Lehmann was born in Germany leaving 
his birthplace and coming to New Orleans when a 
young man. He began his career in a most humble 
way, but step Ijy step ascended the ladder of success 
finally attaining an eminent position in the commer- 
cial world. He received many honors at the hands 
of his co-workers in Congregation Shaarai Chesed 
and afterwards in Touro Synagog, having been pres- 
ident for many years. His death in 1889 was mourned 
by the people of New Orleans for in his passing an 
honored gentleman and useful citizen went to his 
Eternal sleep. 

Ferdinand Marks, urbane, affable and courteous, 
was for many a conspicuous figure in social and com- 
mercial circles. While born in the Fatherland he 
spent the greater part of his life in New Orleans and 
was recognized for his devotion and exertions for the 
betterment of the city and its manifold interests. His 
life was placid, useful and honorable and his sever- 
ance from all that he loved, was most pathetic. He had 
bidden farewell to friends to go to Europe on a visit 
to the scenes of his childhood and when the steam- 
ship was in sight of the white, waved lashed cliffs of 
Old England he paid Nature's debt. His demise was 
learnt of with great regret and months afterwards 
when his remains were brought home for interment 
the greatest respect was paid his memory, a grand 
concourse of friends being present to do homage to 
his splendid reputation as a man. 

Alexander Marks is also recalled for his worth and 
works. He was likewise a very young man whenhe came 
to the city of New Orleans and worked his way to 
fortune and an honorable standing in the community, 
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36 — 



Jewish Consresiations 



PAST and 
PRESENT. 



.j» J* .j» 

♦JTN the endeavor to trace the orig:in of the first con- 
II g:reg"ation in the city of New Orleans, judffing' 
from the opinion of venerable residents 
yet among- us and whose reminiscences date back for 
over a half century, there is no doubt that the first 
assembly for prayers ever convened in Old New Orleans 
was composed of followers of the Portug-uese ritual. 

When in reminiscent 
vein the veteran Israel- 
ites, who can recall in- 
cidents detailed and dis- 
cussed by the aged 
friends of their youth, 
relate of simple family 
g-athering-s on the gfreat 
holy days and festivals 
in private residences, 
where some one famil- 
iar with the liturgfv and 
chants sacred and re- 
vevered because of their 
association with the 
era when their ances- 
try were in high favor 
with the aristocracy of 
S])ain and Portug-al. 
long before Columbus 
dreamt of the Land be- 
yond the Sea. 

It was simply in ac- 
cord with custom that 
these Minvanim — as- 
semblies for the pur- 
poses of prayer -for, 
wherever ten — a quo- 
rum — Jews can be found 
at stated intervals such 
services were held. 

However, the location 
of the earliest houses for prayer are conjecture. It is 
asserted that nearly a century ago, as is in vog-ue even 
to this day, the ritual of prayer caused a divergence in 
the methods of the early comers. The Spanish, Por- 
tuguese and Hollanders formed one coterie, following- 
the Portug-uese method of chants and prayers; the 
(jerman had their peculiar Minhag-, and later the Pol- 
ish, Russian, etc., followed. 




Synagogue of K. K. 
The Old Deutsche Shule on 



SHAARAI CHESED. 
The earliest record of a chartered congfreg-ation is 
dated 1828, when K. K. Shaarai Chesed, Gates of 
Prayer, was incorporated. There is no doubt in the 
minds of the survivors of manj- important incidents of 
over a half a century ago, that this congreg-ation had 
its orig-in. as a Minyau, in the latter part of the 18th 

century-- 1775 to 1780, 
its antecedents tracea- 
ble to the Sephardists, 
French and German 
Jews then in New Or- 
leans. 

It is regretable that 
the documents pertain- 
ing to its incorporation 
were destroyed during- 
the Civil War by the 
burning of the Capitol 
Building in Baton 
Rouge. However, many 
an interesting remines- 
cence is associated with 
the "Deutsche Shule" 
as it was most affection- 
ately known. Years 
ago the site and build- 
ing on N. Rampart 
street, between Conti 
and St. Louis streets 
was acquired and util- 
ized until this congre- 
gation amalgamated 
with the Portuguese 
Congregation, which 
will be referred to un- 
der its proper caption. 
The congregation 
prospered as years 
passed by and prominent and learned ministers occu- 
pied its pulpit, among these, recalled even to this day, 
were Harris, Kaufman, Mosche, Rosenfield, Davidson, 
Gutheim and Rabbi Leucht, the only surviving min- 
ister of the old Shule. 

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served their ritual and, whenever occasion offered, a 
Minyan assembled. An incident of the fealty of the 
Sephardists to their faith is recorded, dating' back to 
the holiest of holidays, the New Year and Day of 
Atonement in 1845. 

Mr. E. h. Andrews, a prominent g-entleman and 
ardent Israelite residing- on Camp street, on a site 
near the Memorial Hall, offered the use of his palatial 
home to those of his Sephardic friends who desired to 
hold services. The invitation was cheerfully accepted 
and when the improvised congregation had assem- 
bled, the question rose who was among- the number 
familiar with Hebrew and the ritual and who thus 
could act as Minister or 
Chazan. Among- the 
g-uests was E. J. Solo- 
mon, a captain in the 
United States Army, 
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"Holy tong-ue" and 
chanting- the ritual ac- 
cording- to the Portu- 
guese Minhdii his abil- 
ity, to the g-reat delig-ht 
of his auditors. 

This gathering- prov- 
ed an incentive to the 
followers of the Portu- 
gese Ritual, and a few 
weeks afterwards K. K_ 
Neftisah Trhudah, Con- 
gregation Dispersed of 
Judah, was founded and 
incorporated. 

Gentlemen prominent 
in social, commercial 
and civic affairs, were 
signatories of the Char- 
ter, which was exam- 
ined and attested, on 
June 8th, 1847, by L. 

Sigur, District Attorney, on the same date attested in 
the Executive OfBce, in the City of New Orleans and 
on June 11, the Charter was approved by Charles 
Gayarre, Secretary of State. 

The following names were appended to the Charter: 
J. L. Levy, A. C. Labatt, Jos. C. DePass, A. T. 
Ezekiel, I. Rodrigues, Jacob Ezekiel, G. Kursheedt, 
Henry Florance, Lewis Florance, Joseph Moss, Judah 
Barrett, L. J. Solomon, David C. Labatt, L C. Labatt, 
Samuel DePass, Adolphe Hecht, L. Hertz, Aaron 
Harris, J. C. Peixotto, Chapman Solomon, C. M. 
Hyams, Sam'l. L. Harby, E. Sampson, Isaac Soria 
and L. A. Levy, Jr. 




TOURO SYNAGOGUE. 



Gershom Kursheedt was elected its first president, 
and the following gentlemen were at different epochs 
his successors: J. J. Joseph, George Jonas, J. L. 
Levy, A. H. DeMeza, Captain B. Moses and L. A. 
Levy, Jr., who was the last president of the Portu- 
guese Congregation. 

The ministers of the Congregation Nefusah I'ehiidah 
were: M. N. Nathan, James K. Gutheim, Henry S. 
Jacobs and J. H. M. Chumaciero, while Morais and 
De Silva were Secretaries of the hallowed old Synago- 
gue as well as serving as Sextons. 

Judah Touro presented the congregation with a 
building, situated at the corner of Canal and Bourbon 

streets, which was util- 
ized as a Synagogue. 

The list of members 
at that time, in addi- 
tion to the officers nam- 
ed were: J. Abramson, 
Alexander Abrams, B. 
Abrams, I. P. Abrams, 
J. M. Abrams, J. C. 
Abrams, M. Barnett, 
Dr. Joseph Bensadon, 
Alex. A. Cohn, Dr. I. 
L. Crawcour, A. H. 
DeMeza, Mrs. A. C. 
DePass, Geo. W. Ellis, 
B. Emanuel, A. T. Eze- 
kiel, H. Florance, L. 
Florance, A. Friedlan- 
der, David Goodman, 

B. B. Hart, L. J. Har- 
ris, A. D. Y. Henriques, 
J. D. Henriques, J. M. 
Isaacs, Edward Jacobs, 
J. J. Joseph, H. Kohl- 
meyer, E. L. Levy, I. 

C. Labatt, J. L. Levy, 
L. A. Levy, Jr., L. L. 
Levy, S. L. Levy, D. 
Lopez, Alex. Marks, 

D. H. Marks, Hillel 
Marks, Jos. Mendes, S. 
Moses, S. L. Moss, 

Geo. Nathan, Jos. Osterman, Ph. Runkel, S. Runkel, 
J. M. Seixas, Jos. Simon, M. M. Simpson, I. J. Salo- 
mon, S. P. Solomon, Isaac Wolf. 

After a number of years had elapsed, the congrega- 
tion having grown to important proportions, the site, 
now known as the Touro Synagogue, was secured — 
185'>— and the Portuguese Congregation continued its 
course of prosperity, under the wise administration of 
honored officers, it always standing pre-eminent in 
communal work. 

An interesting episode in connection with the found- 
ing of the Portuguese Congregation and the royal 
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distinjjfuished Unitarian divine, with a church for the 
use of that denomination. This edifice was situated 
at the corner of Canal and Dauphin street, near the 
site of the Grand Opera House. Later the Unita- 
rians disposed of the building- to what is now known 
as Christ Church Cathedral, Episcopalians. The 
Unitarians secured a site and church on St. Charles 
street near Julia, recently demolished and converted 
into a Court and flower g-arden, the Unitarians remov- 
ing- to the upper districts. 

THE TOURO SYNA(iOGUE 
had its origin in the fusion of the Congregation 
S/i(i(nai Lliesed — the Deutche Shule — once upon a time 
a landmark on N. Ram- 
part street, and the K. 
K. A'efiisah Teluidah, 
the Portug-uese Congre- 
g- at ion. Rev. I. L. 
Leuclit, being- chosen 
as minister. 

The amalgamation, in 
1881, resulted in giv- 
ing^ New Orleans a rep- 
resentative congrega- 
tion wherein conserva- 
tive Judaism is pre- 
served. 

Its officers at this date 
are the following repre- 
sentative and w e 1 1 - 
known gentlemen: 

Leonard Krower, 
President; Gus Leh- 
mann, Jr , First Vice- 
Pres ; M. Waldhorn. 
Second Vice-President; 
Sam Lowenberg.Treas- 
urer and G. Aletrino, 
Secretary. 

JACKSON AVENUE 
SYNAGOGUE. 

New Orleans, eighty 

years ago, had lines of 

demarcation and in the 

respective districts 

special Minyanim were 

organized, each in turn 

becoming later the nucleus of org-anization of the Con- 

g-regations. 

Among- the venerable Israelites of the city, reminis- 
cences are treasured of the "Old Lafayette," as the 
upper district of that era, in and about Jackson Ave- 
nue, was denominated. 

Earl_v in the30'sa Chcvra — Society — was organized, 
its objects and purposes was to aid the poor, nurse the 
sick and give religious burial to the dead. Previous 
to that time relig-ious services were held on the Sab- 
bath and holidays, and the Jewish element of that 
section of the city preserved, the ceremonialism in 
which thevhad been born and reared in the Fatherland, 



The first Miiiviiii in that part of New Orleans that 
secured a location for the purposes of holding services 
met on Washing-ton Avenue, down-town side, near the 
corner of Constance street. Then a house was secur- 
ed, now the site of a drug- store, corner Chippewa and 
First streets. Afterwards members met in a house 
situated at the corner of Tchoupitoulas and Seventh 
streets. 

Four scores of years ag-o, situated in the center of a 
lot, intersecting Fulton and St. Mary streets was a 
sing;le storv frame structure, which was utilized as a 
school house and as a church. The front of the 
modest structure, access to which was a single door, 

faced St. Marv street. 




Congregation Qates of Prayer Synagogue. 



while on the Fulton 
street side a high fence 
screened the house 
from the sig-ht of pass- 
ers by. 

The old school house, 
even to-day doing- ser- 
vice on the corner of 
the streets named, and 
giving shelter to its 
tenant, is a part of the 
history of the Early 
Jews in Louisiana. 

On January 13, 1850, 
a g-eneral meeting- was 
called for the purpose 
of creating out of the 
Miiiyaii, time honored, 
and a useful factor in 
Jewish charity for years 
before, with the object 
of taking- steps to 
found a Cong-reg-ation. 
Abraham DeYoung- 
( whose family and des- 
cendants are prominent 
in affairs in Califor- 
nia) I. Lyons, Jacob 
Meyer, B. Goldenburg, 
S. Leopold, Isaac Hech- 
inger, M. Baer, D. Cahn. 
E. Long, Charles Goldenburg, L. Leopold, D. Hirsch, 
G. Walsh, I. Isaacson, I. Dreyfus, E. Lazar, S. Lazar 
and F. Bachrach responded to the call. 

Organization was then and there effected by the 
election of Abraham De Young, as President, Jacob 
Mayer, Vice-President and Hayem Kaufman, as Min- 
ister, these gentlemen occupying these postions for 
many consecutive years. 

The name Shdurai Tefila Congregation Gates of 
Prayer was selected and has been borne by this worthy 
factor in communal affairs since that day. 

The congregation consisted of about thirty members 
and its first step was to purchase the "little School 
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the saiiiL' time used as a school house, where many of 
our notable Jewish people of to-day. received the tirst 
rudiments of their education. 

On January 24, IS.SO, the City Council of New Or- 
leans was petitioned and in due course of time the 
Hebrew Rest on Joseph street was consecrated as the 
burial ground of the Congretfation. 

In 185"> the Cong-regation secured the site of the 
present Synaufosfue on Jackson avenue and in 1860, the 
buildinij;- bein.tir erected, was consecrated to its purposes. 
"The holv of holies" occupying- to-<lay a place in 
the sanctuary on Jack- 
son Avenue, was con- 
structed in 1S.=,(), by Mr. 
J. Diez, who departed 
this life a few weeks 
ago, and presented to 
the congregation while 
meeting- in the old 
"School House." 

The ministers who 
served Cong-reg-ation 
Gates of Prayer, 
from its inception to 
date were : Hayem 
Kaufman, M. Wurt- 
zel, I. Hechinger, Cerf. 
Rosenberg, Mosche, 
Max Moses, L. Weiss, 
A. Schverski, M. Eis- 
senberg. Rev. Dr. Jacol)- 
son, M. Korn, Rabbi 
M. Sessler and Samson 
Cerf, the incuml>ent at 
this writing. 

The following, a copy 
from a tally sheet dat- 
ed, January 1st, 1851, 
is of historical interest, 
giving names of mem- 
bers present at a meet- 
ing held that date. 

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berger, Charles Gol- 
denberg-, D. Hirsch, I. 
Hechinger, B. Golden- 
burg, H. Katton, M. 

Levy, Abe De Young, L. Leopold, J. Lyons. S. Leo- 
pold, Jacob Salm, H. Asher, M. Baer. Jacob Blum, 
F. J. Backrach, D. Cahn, M. Oury, G. Welsh, H. 
Kampman, M. Goldstucker, B. Dreyfus, N. Schwab, 
L Isaacson, J. Leopold, Wolf Sahn.M. Aronstein. M. 
Heidenheim, Aron Feitel, A. Kaufman, J. Dreyfous, 
Maier Kaufman, David Cohn, Jacob Hirsch, N. Guni- 
bel, S. Wolf, the sexton and J. Deitz. 

A glance at the above names recalls vividly the for- 
bears of some of our representative families who to- 
day are as active in communal work as the prede- 
cessors named. 

CONGREGATION TEMPLE SINAI 
had its origin in the wave of Reform Judaism, which 




TEMPLE SINAI. 



was inaugurated years before by the greatest of Amer- 
ican Rabbis, the lamented, Isaac M. Wise, of Cincin- 
nati, Ohio, founder of the Hebrew Union College, the 
Union of American Hebrew Congregations and the 
Central Conference of American Rabbis. 

The reform movement was instituted so as to give to 
American Israelites a uniform ritual with a view of 
uniting the different elements, each of whom in their 
efforts to transplant the customs of their fathers on 
American soil, brought about a greater divergence in 
ritualistic observances. 

The culmination of the agitation for a congregation 
based upon Reform Judaism was the organization ofCon- 

gregation Temple Si- 
nai, founded in 1872, 
the magnificent struc- 
ture, architectually per- 
fect, an ornament 
among the sacred edi- 
fices reared in New Or- 
leans on Carondelet 
street, being dedicated 
later. 

V Mr. Michel Frank 
was its first president 
and Mr. Joseph Simon, 
a participant in the or- 
ganization of the As- 
sociation for the Relief 
of Jewish Widows and 
C )rphans and a past pres- 
ident of the old Hebrew 
Benevolent Association, 
being chosen its first 
vice-president, a posi- 
tion he has held since 
Temple Sinai was 
founded. 

Mr. Julius Weis, the 
honored philanthropist, 
succeeded Mr. Michel 
Frank and served with 
advantage to the con- 
gregation for the better 
part of its existence. 
He was succeeded by 
Mr. Max Dinkelspiel", 
who in turn was suc- 
ceeded by Mr. Henry 
Newman when Mr. Weis 
was again prevailed 
upon to accept the pres- 
idency, he finalh' declin- 
ing on account of advancing years and with a desire to 
have younger men assume the honors and responsi- 
bilities. Mr. Maurice Stern of Lehman, Stern & Co., 
was his successor and under his administration the 
prestige of Temple Sinai is sustained. 

Rabbi James K. Gutheim was chosen minister on its 
founding-, dedicating the corner-stone of the Temple. 
On the death of Rabbi Gutheim the pulpit was given 
t)ver to its present incumbent Rabbi Max Heller. Rev. 
Julius Braunfeld, Cantor of Temple Sinai was chosen 
for that position in 1805, and his artistic ability and 
magnificent voice, coupled with the distinguished 
services of Rabbi Heller has created of Temple Sinai 
the foremost congregation in the South. 



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N accord with time honored custom the Jewish 

colony in New Orleans, nearly a century ago, 

already had an org-anization — possibly several 

— for the purposes of assemblj' on the Sabbath or at 

least on the great holy days. 

There is no doubt that consecrated ground, for 
purposes of burial, was also included in those days — 
legend asserts that a Jewish burial ground was sit- 
uated at that time adjacent to the old St. Louis street 
cemetery — nevertheless, the starting point of chari- 
table and synagogal bodies positively had its origin 
in that epoch. 

In 1828 the first step taken by the zealous and 
charitable inclined Jews in New Orleans toward lay- 
ing the corner-stone of Charities they never even 
dreamt of attaining the position they enjoy in the 
present, was the organization of a charity named the 
Hebrew Benevolent Society, among its promoters re- 
called even after the lapse of all these years being 
Judah Touro, Alexander Phillips, Alexander Isaacs, 
Abraham Labatt, Morris Jacobs, Aaron Daniels, 
Abraham Plotz, Abraham Greene and Hyam Harris. 

The Association from its incipiency was wedded 
to performing Jewish Charity in the full acceptance 
of the term and such acts of kindness that bring the 
Sunshine of Joy into the lives of those overburden 
with griefs or cast down by sorrow. 

One of the earliest incidents in the history of the 
Hebrew Benevolent Society was the purchase of 
ground for the purposes of establishing a cemetery. 
What was deemed ample and properly situated ground 
was secured in a then suburb of the city, t'p-day the 
heart of the city, Jackson avenue between S. Ram- 
part and Saratoga streets. 

The ground was purchased, fenced in and duly 
consecrated, among the most active workers in this 
hallowed cause being Hyam Harris. This all iirt- 
portant event in the history of the Hebrew Benevo- 
lent Society occurred early in 1828. 

A remarkable incident associated with this, the 
first Jewish Cemetery known to have been opened in 
New Orleans, that after its consecration the remains 
of several corpses were removed from the Old St. 
Louis street cemetery and interred in consecrated 
ground, but this is not known to be positively' cor- 
rect. 

However, the first interment in the "Hebrew 
Rest" occurred in the afternoon of June 28, 1828, 



when the remains of Hyam Solomon were bedded in 
Mother Earth to sleep the sleep of the righteous. 

Forty years later, in 1868, the Hebrew Benevolent 
Society amalgamated with the Touro Infirmary, and, 
combined, continue to prosecute charitable work, sus- 
taining the prestige that has been enhanced, year by 
year, and every striving to do its duty to the poor 
and needy among us. 

TOURO INFIRMARY. 

A retrospective thought of kindly, gracious deeds 
for love of fellowmen, in the earl}' days of the Jewish 
history of Louisiana, leaves much to imagery. It 
must not be overlooked that at that epoch the very 
few Jews who located in the then colony, or happen- 
ed to visit it, were sturdy pioneers, traders, of Span- 
ish or French heritage. Instinct always plays an im- 
portant part in the recognition of those of Jewish 
to. h and the same instinct coupled with a knowledge 
that the Jew is never charj- or unwilling to relieve 
the distresses of a fellow sufferer, no doubt strength- 
ened the bonds between them. 

It is no freak of the Imagination to say with as- 
surance that the early settlers practiced most com- 
mendable and praiseworthy acts of charity and that 
Charity was the link that united all of the professors 
of Judaism. 

Yet, no record exists beyond that of 1828, the date 
of the organization of the Hebrew Benevolent Asso- 
ciation, and, it is to be regretted, that time in its 
flight has. in part, effaced the transactions of this 
sublime body of charitable workers. 

In the early part of 1820, when Judah Touro was 
a conspicuous figure in social, commercial and com- 
munal activities perfunctory reliefs were extended 
those in want with a liberality always notable in 
Jewish circles. 

As the Jewish colon}- became augmented by the 
arrival of new comers from European lands, as well 
as the North, East and Southern States, the field 
of Charitable work widened but found augmentation 
at the instance of those better favored by Prosperity. 

Among the notables coming from other sections of 
the United States was a young physician, an ardent 
student and thoroughly equipped by University train- 
ing for his professional career. Doctor Bensadon of 
Charleston, S. C. 

Judah Touro admired the young practitioner of 
the Art and Science of Medicine, honored him for 



45 




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his attainments and watched his professional career 
and successes with critical delight. 

The demands for an Infirmary presented itself to 
the charitably inclined Touro. Yellow fever was an 
incident of each and every summer and the facilities 
offered the poor and needy sick were limited. 

Without any pomp or parade Judah Touro secured 
by purchase the Paulding- Mansion, situated at what 
is now known as the corner of Gaiennie and Tchoup- 
itoulas streets. 

The Paulding Home, at that era, was a notable 
private residence, with an unobstructed view of the 
Great Father of Waters sweeping majestically on- 
ward to the sea. Its surrounding were rural and not 
much beyond it luxuriant fields of cane flourished 
and made glad the hearts of a contented people. 

Ornate and stately in its architectural lines, roomy 



disturbing factor to the patients, and, little by little, 
the old Infirmary became as it were impaled upon 
the horns of commercial activity and it became nec- 
essary to take steps to secure another and more suit- 
able location and arrange for the construction of a 
modern building on approved sccientific lines. 

There are many cherished memories associated 
with the old Infirmary, which only some years after 
its founding by Judah Touro was given his name. 
The most ardent of its admirers were the intimate 
friends and acquaintances of Judah Touro, gentle- 
men composing the Hebrew Benevolent Association, 
which from the opening of the Infirmary acted in 
unison with the intentions of the great Philan- 
thropist whose name will be cherished by the Jews 
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THE TOURO INFIRHARY. 



and airy, it was secured by Judah Touro, equipped 
as an Infirmary and Dr. Bensadon placed in charge, 
who demonstrated his ability, not only as Execu- 
tive but as a general practitioner of Medicine and 
Surgery, for the many years that he was identified 
with its management. 

With his accustomed g-oodness of heart Judah 
Touro made the provision that every necessitous Jew 
applying should be admitted and given every atten- 
tion and service, just as much so as those able to 
contribute to its support. 

The Infirmary occupied the Paulding mansion for 
years after "Old New Orleans" because absorbed in 
the progressive Crescent City. The rural surround- 
ings gave way to the impetus of factories and resi- 
dences, the shriek of the "Iron Horse" coursing 
along the river front, the din and rattle of manifold 
industries established in the vicinity, all became a 



increased continually, and after the death of Judah 
Touro, an association was formed, bearing his name 
which took upon itself the management of the Touro 
Infirmary. In 186S the old and time honored Hebrew 
Benevolent Association and this association united, 
forming the Touro Infirmary and Hebrew Benevolent 
Association. 

During all these years the Infirmary and the He- 
brew Benevolent Association were greatly hampered 
for want of space. During the later years of Touro's 
life and in fact for years afterwards the Infirmary 
was not only a haven for the Jew suddenly stricken 
by disease, but incurables, cripples and others took 
advantage of its charity. It is even recorded that 
entire families of poor or homeless Jews would in- 
vade it and remain wards of the institution until 
provided with more suitable quarters. 

With the inception of Organized Charity and a 

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better understanding of the needs of institutions, the 
Touro Infirmary and Hebrew Benevolent Association, 
led by practical men of affairs, began plans for the 
general betterment of conditions. 

JULIUS WEIS HOME FOR AGED AND INFIRM. 

With the orphans safely housed amidst most ele- 
gant surroundings in the "Home", and, the sick and 
suffering, sheltered neath the splendidly equipped 
Infirmary, the next thought was to found a haven 
for Aged and Infirm Israelites. 

The Touro Infirmary always had room and food for 
the aged and homeless Israelite, but its progressive 
management realized that the wards and buildings 
utilized for the sick were no fitting place for aged, 
homeless and friendless people. 

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of a haven, ded- 
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aged, had been 
discussed for 
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ed that the time 
was propitious 
to rear such an 
edifice. 

The plans 
once conceived 
were put into 
operation. A 
section of the 
squareonwhich 
the Touro In- 
firmary is situ- 
ated was designated for the purpose, and, on Thurs- 
day afternoon, March 2, IS')'), at 3:30 o'clock, with- 
out pomp or ceremonial the first steps were taken. 
There was no prearranged program, the officers and 
Board of Managers of the Association, several officers 
of District Grand Lodge No. 7, I. O. B. B., a number 
of ladies, whose devotion to Jewish philanthropy has 
been their life's work and representatives of the 
press being present. 

Proceeding to the space allotted for the projected 
building, Mr. N. I. Shwartz, President of the Asso- 
ciation, in a few remarks presented to Rabbi I. L. 
Leucht a minature spade in silver, requesting him to 
break the ground. The respected reverend responded 
feelingly in appreciation of the honor and in turn re- 
quested that the President of the Association turn 




The Julius Weis Home for the Aged Gift of Mr. Julius Weis. 



the first spade full of Earth, and. amidst ap])lause, 
Nathan I. Shwartz performed that duty. K'ahbi 
Iveucht followed and then the lamented Frederick 
Loeber, M. D., for years Chief Surgeon, in turn fol- 
lowed by the following distinguished and repre enta- 
tive gentlemen: Messrs. Henry Abraham, Joseph 
Magner, Archibald A. Marks, Henry Stern, Nat. 
Stratiss, Leonard Krower, L. A. Livaudais, Archi- 
tect; Fred. Reusch, builder and others. 

The spade, of solid silver, mounted on an ebony 
handle l^ore the following inscription: "Presented 
to Rabbi I. L. Leucht, Chairman of the Building 
Committee, on the day of breaking ground for the 
Home for Aged and Infirm, March 2, IS')'), b^' the 

Board of Officers." 

Under the 

deft hands of 
artisans the 
Home was soon 
reared and then 
shaped for its 
furnishing so 
as to be opened 
for the recep- 
tion of its wel- 
come guests. 

Previous to 
takingthesteps 
to rear a Home 
for Aged and 
Infirm, $1.S,000 
had been secur- 
ed by contritiu- 
tions, hence, no 
doubt existed 
in the minds of 
the Association 
that the plans 
decided upon 
would be car- 
ried out in de- 
tail. 

Plans a n d 
specifications for the construction of a Home for the 
Aged and Infirm were called for and finally accepted. 
The Association was profoundly interested in the 
work because sufficient money, at least, for its con- 
struction, was in the Treasury — as to the future, the 
care of the Old Folks — "God would provide." 

From distant Baden-Baden came a missive, wafted 
by cablegram, a free will offer to assume the cost of 
constructing and furnishing the Home, and, on Sep- 
tember 16, IS'i'J, the president of the Touro Infirmary 
and Hebrew Benevolent Association was notified that 
Mr. Julius Weis had donated S25,000 for the specific 
purpose of defraying the expenses of building and 
furnishing the Home which bears his name. 

On Sunday afternoon, September 17, 18':>9, a special 
meeting of the Board was convened and the magni- 
ficent gift of Mr. Julius Weis accepted with enthu- 
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On Friday nig-ht, September 22, 1899, in the little 
S3'nag-og-ue of the Julius Weis Home, the dedicatory 
services were consummated in the presence of the 
children and grand-children of the Philanthropist, 
Julius Weis, and distinguished representatives of the 
various Hebrew charities, associations and fratern- 
ities, Rabbi Leucht conductin.a^ the exercises, a bril- 
liant program of sacred music and eloquence being 
the order of exercises, a fitting- climax to the g-reat 
work and the equally great charity of Julius Weis. 

On Sunday afternoon, November 19, 1899. a public 
reception was accorded Mr. Julius Weis at the Home 
bearing- his name when elaborate and eloquent exer- 
cises were in order, participated in by Messrs. N. I. 
Shwartz, Gustave Lemle, Rabbi Leucht, Dr. Joseph 
Holt and Ur. F. Loeber. 

Exquisite resolutions were voted and Mr. Weis in 
turn made a few sententious remarks of appreciation 
for the honors shown him 
but disclaimed doing 
more than a duty for, said 
he: "When I had the 
honor of being the pres- 
ident of the Touro In- 
firmary, I found that a 
separate building was 
necessary to make the old 
folks more comfortable. 
And, having this idea 
in mind ever since, it af- 
forded me the greatest 
pleasure to have relieved 
your institution of the 
cost of erectingthis build- 
ing." 

JEWISH ORPHANS 
HOME. 




Old Jewish Orphans' Home, Jackson and Chippewa Sts. 



When the World was young-, nomadic races, others 
whose vain glorious deeds delighted in wars, suc- 
ceeded in others by generations of individuals of ar- 
tistic temperaments or Sybaritic tastes, each in turn 
left their impressions, from the mounds, crypts, pyra- 
mids and hieroglyphic carved cuneiform to the 
famed mausoleums and monuments that are a marvel 
to those who stand before them in this enlightened 
era, when, in truth, each crumbling stone is a link 
with the ages of the Past. 

Every nation, race, religion and communit}' can be 
judged with certainty of its progressiveness, its cul- 
ture and humane appreciation of full fellowship by 
its monuments, be the}' the modest chapel reared to 
God's service, libraries for the encouragement of ar- 
dent students, art galleries and museums replete 
with the beautiful or priceless souvenirs of a Nation's 
glory. 

However, no monument though wrought of rarest 
marble or burnished bronze, no relic, however fabu- 



lous, rare and priceless, can compare with the gran- 
deur of beneficent deeds of men and women, whose 
ministration to the poor and needy, the distressed 
and soul weary, the afflicted and sufferers fever tossed 
upon beds of pain, or the widowed, and liomeless, 
friendless Orphans. 

And such monuments for the harboring of the 
widow, the care and education of the Orphans, the 
sick and the aged are imperishable monuments, ex- 
hibiting in a two fold character, the grandeur of 
the conception of the founders, and the gratitude of 
those, who were it not for the thoughtfulness of the 
noble men and women, would be waifs on the Sea of 
Life, buffetted by the waves of Adversity, finally to 
be engulfed beneath the seething, restless waves of 
Sorrowful Lives. 

Viewing the magnificent structure, the Jewish Or- 
phans' Home, nestling midst sylvan surroundings on 

St. Charles avenue, in the 
very heart of the residen- 
tial district that has 
made New Orleans famed 
throughout the World, it 
is difficult to realize that 
a half century had elaps- 
ed since the seed was 
implanted in kindly 
hearts which resulted in 
bringing about the re- 
sults, apparently beyond 
the dreams, aspirations 
and fondest realization 
of those great hearted 
inaugurators of the move- 
ment which called into 
existence one of the great- 
est of Charities in the 
history of the Jews in 
Louisiana. 
New Orleans at all times was cosmopolitan in 
character, unostentatious in its Charities, magnifi- 
cent in its methods, and as far back as 1828 no ap- 
peal for the suffering fell upon heedless ears, no hand 
was idle when Charity made its plea and among the 
exponents of the Creed of Humanity were the He- 
brews, yielding their mite for the relief of the 
afflicted and caring for their brethren in faith. 

In that era consecutive disasters in the form of 
Yellow Fever epidemics created a demand for better 
organization. Year after year widows bereft of their 
mates, orphans, left homeless and parentless, were 
exacting charges of the entire community and dur- 
ing all these trying periods the Hebrew Benevolent 
Association, at that epoch already a distinguished 
and useful factor in charitable work, gracefully ac- 
cepted the situation and the enforced guardianship 
of the survivors — widows and orphans, of the vic- 
tims of the several Epidemics. 



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With the close of the Epidemic of 1853 the Hebrew 
Benevolent Association were charg-ed with tlie care 
of seven widows and about twenty orphans, and. 
thanks to the inspiration of ardent professors of 
Charity, to give these unfortunates a home indeed 
the Association for the Relief of Jewish Widows and 
Orphans became a reality. 

Pedestrians of to-dav sauntering- along- Camp street, 
from Canal toward the upper districts, noting- the well 
laid streets and elegant banquets, lined on either side 
by stately buildings, the great throbbing heart of a 
busy, modern metropolis, can hardly realize that fifty 
years ago, in lieu of sidewalks, the gunwals of old 
flat boats, the corduroy of huge logs and makeshifts 
gave a footing to those who walked that thorough- 
fare, which, not 
many hundred 
feet from the 
corner of Canal 
street marked 
the limits of 
the then part of 
New Orleans 
above the cen- 
tral street, then 
as now known 
as Canal street. 

Conspicuous 
among the not- 
able sites on 
Camp street 
were the thea- 
tre or circus and 
adjacent to it 
was the Armory- 
Hall, utilized 
for public gath- 
erings, the site 
of this historic 
building being 
now occupied 
by Keiffer Bros. 
founders and promoters of a local industry. 

Within the Armory Hall, on the evening of Novem- 
ber 25, 1854, was assembled a notable gathering of 
Jews, residents of New Orleans, and, with few excep- 
tions, every man in New Orleans with a jot of Jewish 
blood coursing in his veins was not onlv an interested 
spectator but heartily in accord with the objects of 
the meeting. 

To Mr. Joseph Simon, who, to-day, hale and hearty, 
though bearing the traces of advanced age, is the 
honor due of advocating, if not being the actual orig- 
inator of the proposed meeting. He was at that time 
president of the Hebrew Benevolent Association. He 
had devoted much of his time in the years he had been 
in New Orleans to charitable work, and being quali- 
fied for the task by experience — and, better still, a 




THE JEWISH ORPHANS' HOME. 



charitable nature that Age has enhanced, he was 
Almoner as well as executive and, consequently, was 
always in touch with the needy immigrant, the poor, 
the suffering, the widowed and orphaned, not only as 
Almoner, but as a confidant, advisor and friend. 

Mr. Simon conferred with his friends, at the time 
when the Yellow Scourge had played sad havoc in 
New Orleans, leaving in its wake, bleeding hearts, 
inconsolable, starving widows and misery in every 
guise. 

James K. Gutheim, Gershom Kursheedt, L. L. 
Lew, M. M. Simpson, George Jonas, Joseph Magner, 
Joseph Marks, M. Levison, Alex Phillips and others, 
whose names cannot be recalled, responded to the call 
and were present at the meeting in the Armory Hall. 

Gershom Kur- 
sheedt was call- 
ed to the chair, 
c o m m i 1 1 e e s 
were appointed 
and subsequent 
meetings were 
arranged for 
where plans 
were discussed. 
On March 18, 
1855, a meeting 
was held when 
all the plans 
were ratified 
and the Asso- 
ciation for the 
Relief of Jewish 
Widows and 
Orphans w a s 
ft)unded, a n d 
M. M. Simpson, 
elected Presi- 
dent. 

Wt)rk was 
promptly inau- 
gurated by se- 
curing ground at the intersection of Jackson Avenue 
and Chippewa street and, on August 7, 1855, in the 
presence of a g-rand concourse of citizens the corner- 
stone of the structure, known for years afterwards as 
the "Jewish Widows' and Orphans' Home" was laid 
with imposing ceremonies, Rabbi James K. Gutheim 
being orator of the occasion. 

On January 8, 185b, Benjamin F. Jonas, distinguish- 
ed in after years by Senatorial honors and to-day one 
of Louisiana's favorite sons, pronounced an Oration 
when the Home, completed, was turned over to the 
Association, thus marking the beginning of philan- 
thropic monuments reared by the Jews of New Or- 
leans. 

In the score of years following, the Home became 
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seek for a new site and erect a modern structure to 
meet future requirements. 

To conceive the idea was to act. The topic was 
taken up by the Board of Directors, discussed by the 
Association, endorsed and encourag-ed by the public, 
reg-ardlessof reliu^ious beliefs, and steps taken to secure 
the site on St. Charles Avenue. 

On November 25, 1886, the corner-stone of the Jew- 
ish Orphans' Home, as erected on St. Charles, corner 
of Peters Avenue, was consecrated in the presence of 
a mag'nificent concourse of ladies and g'entlemen, con- 
spicuous among- the throng- being- disting-uished ofli- 
cials of the National, State and Municipality, divines 
of every religious denomination, a grand outpouring- 
of the beautv and chivalry of New Orleans. 

The beautiful ceremony was conducted by the M. 
W. Grand Lodg-e, Free and Accepted Masons of Louis- 
iana, the lamented Jurist and notable citizen, Joseph 
P. Hornor, M. W. Grand Master presiding. The 
Grand Master 
pronounced one 
of the most elo- 
quent address- 
es, noted for its 
diction and 
beauty of ex- 
pression. Col. 
Edwin I. Kur- 
sheedt, read an 
address, g^iving 
the early his- 
tory of the As- 
sociation and 
the institution, 
and, Leo N. 
Levi, the talent- 
ed lawyer, then 
o f Galveston, 
Texas, and now 

residing- in New York, who, among- other honors at- 
tained is the President of the Order of B'nai B'rith, 
delivered an oration which for conception and bril- 
lianc}- is one of the cherished memories of the occasion. 

One year afterwards the fondest hopes of the pro- 
moters were realized The former Home, consecrated 
and reared in the name of Charity and dedicated to 
the Jewish Widows and Orphans in 1855 had passed 
into the possession of the City of New Orleans, but 
not to be desecrated, but to be devoted as a Public 
School, for the children of New Orleans. The Home — 
as it now is — was given over to Jewish Orphans and 
an imperishable monument dedicated for all time was 
applied to the purposes for which noble men and 
women had applied themselves. 

The program on the occasion of laying the corner- 
stone was as follows: 

Overture. 

Prayer by Rev. M. Samfield, of Memphis, Tenn. 




Manual Training School — Gift of Mr. Isidore Newman, Sr. 



Address of President K. I. Kursheedt. 
Oration by Leo. N. Levi of Galveston, Orator of 
the day. 

Address by Rev. I. L. Leucht. 

Laying of the corner-stone b}- Hon. Jos. P. Horner, 
M. W. Grand Master of the Grand Lodge F. & A. M. 
of Louisiana. 

Closing- prayer by Rabbi Eisenberg, of Synagog-ue 
Gates of Prayer. 

The officers of the Association at that memorable 
time were: 

Edwin L Kursheedt, President; Rev. J. K. Gutheim, 
First Vice-President; A. Haber, Second Vice-Presi- 
dent; S. Katz, Treasurer; Selim Barnett, Secretary. 

Directors: Henry Newman, Theo. Berkson, M. 
Heinemann, Jos. Kohn, Alex Levy, Morris Marks, 
Julius Weis, Gus Lehmann. 

On Part of District Grand Lodge No. 7, L O. B. B. : 
J. C. Levy, Seymor M3'ers, G. Kahn, Max Dinkelspiel, 

Ferd. Marks, 
Nat. Strauss, 
Simon Cohn, E. 
M. Tillman. 

The Building 
Committee was 
composed of the 
following prom- 
inent g-entle- 
men: 

Simon Hern- 
sheim. Chair- 
man; Bertrand 
Beer, Abraham 
Adler, Julius 
Weis, Simon 
Gumbel, Jos. 
Simon, Henr3- 
Abraham , 
Isaac Scherck, 
Morris Marks, Dr. F. Loeber, F. Hollander. 

Committee of Arrangements: Rev. L L. Leucht, 
Chairman; Morris Marks, Isidore Hechinger, Henry 
Stern, J. K. Gutheim, F. Hollander, Gus Lehraann, Sig 
Keiffer, M. Frank, M. Schwabacher, Max Dinkelspiel, 
A. Gugenheim, Jonas Hiller, S. Mendelshon, F. Gold- 
smith, Alex Levy, Jac. Trautman, Julius Goldsmith. 
Jos. Magner, Secretary. 

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Such a school had been a subject of jreneral discus- 
sion, all agreeing- upon its value as an educational 
factor, but, the obstruction in the way of consumma- 
ting- the plan was a lack of money which, without 
hampering the Home, could be appropriated for the 
purpose. 

However, through skillful financiering- a fund was 
created by the Association for the Relief of Jewish 
Widows and Orphans and, dollar after dollar, was 
added to it, the hopes of its promoters, finally grati- 
fied by the purchase of g-round at the intersection of 
Peters Avenue and S. Rampart street, of easy access 
from the Home. 

It is now recalled that at the Convention of District 
Grand Lodge No. 7, I. O. B. B., held in this city sev- 
eral years ag-o, Mr. Isidore Newman, Sr., advocated a 
Manual Training School and suggested that the mem- 
bers of the Order would constitute themselves a Com- 
mittee on subscription, and, on the spur of the moment 
offered several hundred dollars as his personal contri- 
bution. Nothing- was accomplished by either the 
B'nai B'rith or the Association, until the grounds were 
secured and then, again, the subject was g-enerally 
discussed. 

On May 3, 1902, Mr. Newman penned a note to Rev. 
I. L. Leucht, couched in the following words: 

"Dear Sir: — Appreciating ^-our noble efforts for the 
past ten years to erect a training- school for boys and 
g-irls, and having- read the able and convincing- ad- 
dress of Mr. G. Bamberger, I have concluded to offer 
to you the money requisite to erect such a building-, 
and hope that Providence may spare you to see this 
building completed and enable the boys and g-irls of 
our city derive the full benefit of your labor. 
Yours very truly, 

ISIDORE NEWMAN, Sr." 

At a meeting- of the Board of Directors of the Asso- 
ciation for the Relief of Jewish Widows and Orphans 
called for the purpose, the proposition of Mr. New- 
man was accepted. 

In discussing- the munificent g-ift proferred to the 
orphans and the poor children of New Orleans with 
representatives of the "Press," a discussion which 
the philanthropist endeavored to avoid and referred 
to with the g-reatest diffidence, Mr. Newman said 
that he was prompted to endow New Orleans with 
such a School because of repeated discussions he held 
with members of his family and in the privacy of his 
home, all of whom favored the idea. He had given 
the subject mature reflection. It had been discussed 
upon the floor of District Grand Lodge No. 7, at 
various sessions; it was considered, annually, for some 
vears at the meetings of the Association for the Re- 
lief of Jewish Widows and Orphans. After he had 
arrived at a conclusion that it would be a benefit to 
the Orphans and poor children who would seek its ad- 
vantages, he made the offer which was accepted. It 



was this city that had made his money possible. Land- 
ing from a sailing craft, a poor boy, without a cent 
he had managed to accumulate more than was requir- 
ed for himself and family. He had been fortunate in 
having sons who were also making good livings. He 
had the monev to spare, he owed it to the community 
in which he had lived and made his money, and his 
family agreed with him most thoroughly. He had 
the disposition to give it, and that was all about it. 

On receiving the munificent offer of Mr. Newman, 
plans and specifications to erect the Manual Training 
School were called for and after several months ac- 
cepted and at this date arrangements are being made 
to dedicate it as it is nearing completion and will be 
opened by January 1, 1904. 

But the appreciation evinced by the Association was 
not the only token extended to Mr. Newman. In 1901, 
The New Orleans Daily Picayune offered to the Pro- 
gressive Union a "Loving Cup" to be awarded by that 
body to a citizen, who, by some public benefaction, 
should be entitled to receive the same. A prominent 
financier who had given to the city a Public School 
building was the recipient of the "Picayune Loving 
Cup" in 1902. 

While several notable incidents are of record in the 
history of New Orleans in 1902, the factors in the 
same being well worthy of every honor that could be 
bestowed, acting under the conditions under which the 
"Picayune Loving Cup" is awarded, the Board of Di- 
rectors of the Progressive Union met and appointed a 
special committee, consisting of John T. Delahay, 
Chairman; Philip Werlein, Lewis Johnson, Louis P. 
Rice and Eugene DeBlanc, giving the Committee in- 
structions to thoroughly canvass all the public bene- 
factions during the year 1902, whereby the public and 
the citv had received the most general good. The 
Committee went to work and spent several weeks in- 
vestigating every case, and it soon found that the peo- 
ple of New Orleans had been the recipients of many 
blessings the past twelve months. But it was deter- 
mined that the award should be made strictly upon 
the individual merit of the service rendered, and al- 
though there were a number that entitled the donors 
to the honor mentioned, vet the Committee was unan- 
imous in its final decision that the "Loving Cup" should 
be awarded to Isidore Newman, and it made that re- 
commendation to the Board of Directors, on Friday 
afternoon, February 13, 1903. in the following reso- 
lutions: 

"At a meeting of the Picayune Loving Cup Com- 
mittee held February 10, to finally consider all matters 
in connection with the subject, the following resolu- 
tions were unanimously adopted: 

"Be It Resolved, That after careful investigation 
into the merits of the several benefactions which 
would seem to entitle a claim upon the generous phil- 
anthropy of the New Orleans Picayune, your Com- 
mittee, appointed to determine the recipient of the 



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loving- cu]) otfered as a tribute by the paper in ques- 
tion, respectfully recommend that the same be ten- 
dered Mr. Isidore Newman, of this city. 

"Be It Fukthek Resolved, That this tender is 
based upon his generous action in creating- for the use 
of the orphans of the Jewish Home, and for the or- 
phans of the Independent Order of B'nai B'rith of the 
seven States of Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, Ala- 
bama, Arkansas, Tennessee and Florida, and one 
hundred additional pupils from various walks of life 
beyond the confines of the institution named, a Manual 
School, to have location in the City of New Orleans, 
and to cost $40,000. 

"Be It Fukthek Resolved, That this Committee 
fullv believes Mr. Newman to be entitled to this 'Badge 
of Service,' if the cup may be so expressed, as it be- 
lieves the institution of a manual training school to 
represent a philanthropy that is practical in the ex- 
treme, providing as it does, a method whereby the 
children of the poor may secure the elements of a 
thorough industrial education and their hands and 
minds taught in the manual arts and sciences now so 
necessary to complete the organization of society, and 
so necessary for individual sustenance and prosperity. 

"Your Committee begs, further, to state in connec- 
tion with the entire subject matter, that the proposi- 
tion of Mr. Newman includes the expenditure of a sum 
between $35,000 and $40,000, and the gentleman has 
notified the Committee in charge of the estimate that 
he would donate the full amount. 

"The site for the proposed training school has been 
purchased on Peters avenue and S. Rampart street, at a 
cost of $8,500, and the plans have been prepared under 
the supervision of experts. 

"We are assured that the benefaction will be non- 
sectarian, as applied to the one hundred pupils not 
included in the Jewish institutions, conferring equal 
advantages upon those of our younger population as 
may feel inclined to accept same. We are in hopes 
that this public recognition of Mr. Newman's donation 
will be far reaching, and that it will stimulate addi- 
tional philanthropy to the end that ovir city and State 
secure the full benefits therefrom. 

"Respectfully submitting these resolutions and re- 
port for such action as the Board of Directors may 
decide, we beg to subscribe ourselves, 

"JOHN T. DELAHAY, Chairman. 
"PHILIP WERLEIN, 
"LEWIS JOHNSON, 
"LOUIS P. RICE, 
"EUGENE DeBLANC, 

"The Loving Cup Committee." 



On Monday evening. May 11, 1*)03, the Athenaeum 
was thronged by representative people and during a 
program of exquisite vocal and instrumental music 
the "Loving Cup" was presented to Mr. Newman, 
amidst the plaudits of the assembled ladies and gen- 
tlemen who were fully in accord with public opinion 
that the handsome gift was fittingly bestowed. 

Only a reference to other Charities is necessary, 
charities whose founders, actuated by most selfless 
motives, for the special purposes of the times in which 
they originated, had no idea that their example, thrice 
blessed, would be followed by successive generations. 

Very few of the residents of New Orleans recall the 
establishment of the Hebrew Public School, nor are 
there many of the younger people who may be aware 
that the building on Calliope street between St. 
Charles avenue and Prytania street, now the Boys 
Public High School, was constructed by the Early 
Jews in New Orleans and dedicated as a Hebrew 
School. It is over a half century ago that the Jews 
of that era recognized the advantages of establishing 
schools, wherein Jewish children could obtain an edu- 
cation in the vernacular and the rudiments of a com- 
iTion school education, at the same time secular train- 
ing being a part of the curriculum. 

But Time in its flight has produced many innova- 
tions. In the broad spirit of Americanism the Public 
School System was recognized as the Cradle of Patri- 
otism and the Hebrew School succumbed to progress 
and was no more. Many of the most prominent of 
the veteran citizens of to-day, of the Jewish faith, 
recall with pleasureable emotion the happy days of 
childhood, associated with recollections of school days 
in the historical building wherein the children of the 
People, regardless of religious belief, seek the intri- 
cacies of learning which in the final demonstrates that 
"Knowledge is Power." 

Those Ministers of Grace and Charity, our revered 
ladies, were equally untiring in demonstration of Jew- 
ish ethics, among which Benevolence is accorded a 
first place by founding — in 1847 — the Ladies' Hebrew 
Benevolent Association which for over fifty consecu- 
tive years has ministered to the wants of the poor and 
distressed and whose Charitable impulses cannot be de- 
scribed in words nor its gracious beneficence estimated. 

CHEBRA BIKUR CHOLIM -1849 -and a Hebrew 
Society dedicated to the alleviation of Jews residing 
in foreign lands — 1853 — after several years of useful 
services disbanded, merging with other charities of a 
like character. 



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Among- the most notable of later day exponents of 
practical charity is a circle, organized nearly twenty 
3'ears ago by representative Society Belles, whose 
successors — young ladies — devote a part of their time 
to sewing for the poor as well as supplying the wants 
of the Touro Infirmary in the way of articles for the 
Linen Room. 

THE YOUNG LADIES SEWING SOCIETY, as 
the circle is known, has a fund of its own secured by 
donations from their own pin money and that of 
friends. Material is purchased therewith and at inter- 
vals, they meet in a well appointed room in the Touro 
Infirmary, dedicated to its purposes and with deft 
hands, "sew the hours away," for the time being de- 
voting themselves to hallowed duties and turning 
away from social frivolities. 

THE RACHEL BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION 
was founded on September 2, 1894, its objects to nurse 
the members, or indigent Jewesses of the city, furnish- 
ing the sufferers with medical aid and medicines, and, 
in the event of death paying the deceased the last sad 
tribute according to Jewish ethics. From its incep- 
tion the Association has been a useful factor, and it 
has prospered in its self-assumed and noble purposes. 

CONGREGATION TEMEME DERECH, the Right 
Way, was founded forty years ago by votaries of the 
Polish ritual and at one time was a most influential 
body, Rabbi Gutheim dedicating the Synagogue 
erected for its purposes, on Carondelet street near 
Lafayette. This congregation disbanded and early 
in 1903 the Synagogue became the property of the 
municipality by purchase and its site will be used for 
the proposed annex to the City Hall. 

CONGREGATION SOMECH NOPHLIM was or- 
ganized in 1895 as a charitable circle, afterwards in- 
stituting a Mivyan for prayers. The salient object 
of this truly philanthropic circle of Orthodox Israelites 



is charity of a practical kind and any deserving Jew 
is aided in securing a start in life. It also aids its 
members, cares for the sick and pays the last sad rites 
to the dead. It is a thriving and ever growing society 
attracting an Orthodox constituency to its merited 
work. 

THE HEBREW PUBLIC SCHOOL, occupying com- 
modious rooms in Carondelet near Poydras streets, 
is practically the successor of a beautiful conceived 
charity founded by the most prominent Jewish Ladies 
in New Orleans several years ago, as a Sabbath 
School, locating its domicile in the Kindergarten 
Building on Poydras near Liberty streets and for the 
benefit of the children of Immigrant Jews settling in 
the city and residing in that section. The Hebrew 
Public School is open to all Jewish children, its curri- 
culum being only the routine followed in teaching 
Hebrew, Biblical history and Catechism. It is con- 
ducted by representatives of Orthodoxy and is recog- 
nized as a factor in Judaism as in vogue in their 
special circle. 

THE PROVIDENT AID SOCIETY, founded on 
the principles of a Geinilath Chassodim in 1902 by 
prominent gentlemen at the instance of Mr. Julius 
Weis, began operations with a donated capital of 
$5,000. Its objects, copied after time honored Jewish 
aid known as Gnnilalh Chassodim — the holiest of good 
deeds — is to advance money to deserving Jews for the 
purpose of aiding them in establishing themselves in 
business or tiding over critical moments when failure 
stares them in the face. During the year of its ex- 
istence upwards of twenty-five petitioners were aided, 
and in each instance these succeeded in establishing 
themselves in modest enterprises. Not a cent has been 
lost, every loan being returned. Mr. Julius Weis has 
in view, at this writing, increasing the advantages of 
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God's Acres. 



♦flTN seeking for the orig-in and location of the first 
11 Jewish burial ground in the section of the coun- 
try discussed, from an historical standpoint in 
this volume, again much is left to conjecture. There 
is no possibility of tracing the first death — perchance, 
it was some hardy son of Castile, dying among strang- 
ers as far as religious belief was concerned, who was 
borne to the grave and bedded in Mother Earth by 
friendly hands, for, after all the grave equalizes all 
men, and it is written of all the human kind. "Dust 
thou art and unto dust shalt thou return." 

A score of years ago an investigator gave publicity, 
and for the first time of record, that, according to the 
reminiscences of 
an aged Creole 
who asserted he 
recalled the in- 
cident, that as 
far back as 1S12, 
Jewish inter- 
ments were made 
in the Old Saint 
Louis Cemetery, 
and in a plot, di- 
Tided of¥ from 
the Catholic 
Cemetery by a 
fence, in close 
proximity to 
what is now 
known as the 
Jesuit Mauso- 
leum. This ra- 
conteur asserted 
that about 1825, 
the remains of 
the Jews buried 
in the St. Louis 
Cemetery were 
exhumed and re- 
moved "uptown" 
where, he did not 
know, or could 

not recall. Whether this fragment, linking the past 
with the present, can be authentically relied upon, 
is a question for each reader to decide for himself, 
suffice to say, that subsequent developments, and 
positively traceable, lead up to the establishment of 
the first Jewish Cemetery, of record, in Louisiana. 

In 1828, the then Crescent City, was bounded by 
Canal street and the Champs ZsVyiec— Elysian Fields 
street — the levees borderingthe \Iississippi River, and. 
North Rampart street. Be^'onJ Canal street, a dirt 
road, bordered with cotton wood trees marked the 
lines afterwards followed in the laying out of St. 
Charles street and St. Charles Avenue. Dwellings 




In Metairie Cemetery. 



and busy marts of commerce, excepting in L<i Melle 
Villc — were few and far between. Camp street and 
others, paralel with St. Charles street, were prac- 
tically bogs, the remainder the swamps. 

When steps were taken to secure grounds for a 
Jewish Cemetery, a square was secured by purchase 
on what is now known as Jackson Avenue and Sara- 
toga street, and in due course of time, permission was 
granted by the City Council. Among the gentlemen 
who took an active part in arranging for the found- 
ing of the Cemetery was Hyam Solomon, and on 
June 2Sth, 1S?8, he was interred in consecrated 
ground, the first Jewish interment of record in 

New Orleans. 

Forty years af- 
terwards, in 1868 
— the old Ceme- 
tery was sealed 
and no more 
burials permit- 
ted, for, in keep- 
ing with Jewish 
reverence for the 
dead, a new 
cemetery was 
d e d i c a t e d, on 
Gentilly Road, 
situated most ad- 
mi ral>ly upon 
Metairie Ridge. 
Here rest the re- 
mains of men and 
women endeared 
to memory, men 
anil women, who, 
after life's fitful 
fever sleep the 
sleep of the 
righteous and 
whose memory 
treasured by 
their dear ones, 
loved ones and 
friends, verify the poetic idea of immortality. — "To 
live in hearts we leave behind is not to die." 

Several years ago another magnificent section of 
ground was purchased for the uses of the Hebrew 
Rest, on Gentilly Road, which, in the liberal manage- 
ment of the Cemetery Association, composed of mem- 
bers of Congregations Temple Sinai and Touro 
Synagogue, has become a thing of beauty, one of 
the most beautiful of Cemeteries in the South, a 
fitting resting place for the dear departed whose 
life's pilgrimage is o'er. 



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THE JOSEPH STREET CEMETERY, 

a well appointed Hebrew Rest, to-day situated in the 
center of the residential district of New Orleans, when 
founded by Congreg-ation Gates of Prayer on January 
24, 1850, was a plot of gfround, distant from the habit- 
able section of the city. The kindly impulses of the 
Ladies Auxiliary of the Jackson Avenue Synagfogfue 
and the interest of the members of the Congfreg-ation 
have created of this Cemetery a beauty spot and the 
remains of their deceased members and their families 
are sacredlv cared for by the survivors. 

THE PORTUGUESE CEMETERY, 
on Canal street, in the vicinity of consecrated g-round 
utilized by denominations of various relig'ious beliefs 
and fraternities, culminating' in beautiful "Green- 
wood" was founded in 1845 by Cong'reg'ation Netusak 
Kehiidah — the Dispersed of Judah — at that era the 
most prominent Portug-uese Jewish Congreg-ation in 
the United States, since several years amalg;amated 
with and composing- Touro Synagogfue. Its hal- 
lowed limits are occupied by the remains of what had 
been the most notable people of Old New Orleans 
and, even, at the present, prominent people of the an- 
cient Sephardic faith, own familv lots wherein, "when 
the silent summons come" they will rest in Eternal 
sleep. 

METAIRIE CEMETERY, 

which from every viewpoint, situation, accessibility 
and eleg-ance, compares favorably with any place of 
sepulchre in the United States, and travelers assert 
that it is the equal of the ancient site, famed in poesy 
and romance, the renowned "Hetc It Chaisr,'^ where 
the Mausoleums reared to the memory of men and 
women, whose life's tenure was identified with the 
glories of France, poets, historians, soldiers, litera- 
teurs, the Mecca of every wanderer in the Old World, 
has amidst its luxurious sections one wherein, of re- 
cent years, the remains of once prominent Jewish peo- 
ple of New Orleans rest. 

Situated upon the highest ridge in this section. 



Metairie Cemetery is renowned throughout the land 
for its beautiful and historical monuments. Sarcophagi 
and tombs, conspicuous among these being the silent 
memorials dedicated to the Lost Cause wherein are 
bedded away the remains of the followers of Lee and 
Jackson, whose memory will be cherished until the 
last scion of the Confederate Veterans will have jour- 
neyed into the Valley of Darkness to the realm of 
Eternal Light. 

The section secured by representatives of prominent 
Jewish families as a private burial ground, limited to 
the most exclusive Social circles in Jewish society of 
New Orleans is most centrally and exquisitely situated 
in the heart of Metairie Cemetery. The surroundings, 
which include the most beautiful works of art ever 
lavished upon mortuaries, monuments and tombs, 
each of which are art studies delved out of rare mar- 
ble and time-resisting granite by masters of Sculptor 
Art, are in keeping with Jewish ideas of interment, 
while the monuments marking the resting place of 
those gone before are in keeping with the artistic 
appearance of Metairie Cemetery as a whole. 

The private section established by the most prom- 
inent Jewish families who are identified with Congre- 
gation Temple Sinai was secured in 1884, the first in- 
terment being the remains of the lamented and revered 
Rabbi, James K. Gutheim. 

The Polish Cemetery founded in 1860 by Congrega- 
tion Tememe Derech, and several other minor Jewish 
Cemeteries on Canal street, and another adjacent to 
the Hebrew Rest, Gentilly Road, are also to be men- 
tioned, each and all of these silent testimonials of 
Jewish Custom insofar as paying tribute to the ulti- 
mate end by according their dead burial in holy ground 
where, sleeping the sleep of the righteous, undis- 
turbed by the flitting joys of this mundane life, they 
are at peace, at rest. 

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The Order B'nai B'rith. 



/f^N a September evening in 1851. in the city of 
L\\} New York, a few conscientious Israelites, 
earnest men whose hearts were dedicated to 
Humanity, were assembled for the purpose of estab- 
1 shing an organization which, for its fundamental 
object, would create in the name of Charity, a frater- 
nity dedicated to the highest ideals, caring for 
the widowed and orphaned of deceased members. 

The main incentive for banding themselves together 
was the realization of the fact that large numbers of 
Jews would be attracted to the United States, and, 
that some central organization would be necessary in 
order to influence the foreign element to rail}' around 
some central force for mutual protection, enlighten- 
ment and concentration of action for the betterment 
of conditions. 

Among those present at this historical session held 
over a half century ago were Henry Jones, who is ac- 
credited with being the originator of the idea. Dr. 
Leo Merzbach, Baruch Rothschild, Dr. Lilienthal, 
and Dr. Mitchel. At the following meeting, Julius 
Bien, now the venerable Chancellor of the Order, M. 
Thalmessinger, Dr. S. Waterman, Isaac Dutenhoffer 
and other celebrities of that epoch were present. 

These gentlemen called the Order B'nai B'rith in- 
to existence and their efforts for Humanity, at that 
time, had no idea that the great .lewish fraternity 
would be destined to play an important part in the 
deliberations of the nations of the world. 

From its inception, in 1851, its merits attracted the 
attention of representative Israelites. It has always 
been the handmaiden of Jewish charity, and besides 
caring for its own members has succored and sustain- 
ed Orphanages, Hospitals, Homes and entered with 
zeal in every undertaking- for the alleviation of cares 
and sorrows among Jewish people, especially the per- 
secuted and the friendless Immigrant coming to the 
Land of the Free in search of God given Liberty. 

While in its incipiency the Order devoted its at- 
tention to assisting the needy and caring for the poor 
and unfortunate. Later it assumed the role of bene- 
factor by legislating into existence an Endowment 
Fund, the beneficiaries of deceased brethren receiv- 
ing the sum specified. 

An incident in the history' of the Order, to demon- 
strate its liberality, may be cited in the case of its 
founder, Henry Jones. He was married to a most 
estimable lady, not a member of the Jewish faith, yet 
on his death she was sustained by the Order and 
cared for just as if she had been a Jewess. 

Radiating from New York City the beneficent work 
outlined by the Order found many admirers and ar- 
dent votaries and gradually the Order spread all over 
the United States, in several European lands and 
Jerusalem and to-day it is a conspicuous factor in 
Jewish affairs. 




NAT STRAUSS, 

Secretary District Grand Lodge 

No. 7, I. O. B. B. 



On January 1'^, 
1873, in Memphis, 
Tenn., District No. 
7, was organized, 
its jurisdiction in- 
cluding the follow- 
ing States: Ala- 
bama, Arkansas, 
Florida, Louisiana, 
Mississippi, Ten- 
nessee and Texas. 

From 1873 to 188') 
inclusive, the ex- 
ecutive headquar- 
ters of the District 
was located in 
Memphis. Tenn. 

In 1890 New Or- 
leans was 5.elected 
as the seat of the 
District and Hon. 
Nat Strauss, elect- 
ed (irand Secre- 
tary, he being 
chosen as his own 
successor annually. 

From the found- 
ing of District 

Grand Lodge No. 7, the grand body met annually in 
the principal cities of the District New Orleans hav- 
ing been repeatedly honored bv the presence of the 
distinguished gentlemen elected as Delegates. 

District No. 7 until recently included the Cleveland 
(Ohio) Orphan Asylum among its beneficiaries, but 
as it is deriving ample means from District No. 2, the 
severance seemed justifiable. The Jewish Orphans' 
Home, the Manual Training School, the Touro In- 
firmary and the Julius Weis Home are beneficiaries 
of the Order, while the National Hospital for Con- 
sumptives at Denver, Col , is also the recipient of its 
bounty. 

The several B'nai B'rith lodges in New Orleans 
and other sections of Louisiana are in a prosperous 
condition numbering auiong their membership the 
most notable Jewish gentlemen in the State. 

The following representative gentlemen, all well 
and favorably known throughout the South, are the 
ofiicers of District Grand Lodge No. 7. 

Jos. Beitman, of Birmingham, Ala., President; 
Ludwig Maj-er, of Demopolis, Ala., Vice-President; 
Mike Mohr, of Montgomery, Ala., Treasurer; Nat 
Strauss, of New Orleans, La., Secretary; J. M. Op- 
penheimer, of San Antonio, Texas, Sergeant-at- 
Arms. 



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'^T'HE HAKMONY CLUB had its orig-in in the 
\\j days of '"Auld LangfSyne" whi-n Cosmopolitan 
gentlemen of New Orleans were associated 
for the purposes of enjoying- themselves accord- 
ing- to the customs in vogue in the Fatherland. As 
far back as 1850 various circles of this character 
existed, some dedicated to Gambrinius, including- 
jest and song and stor}-, others to the Gentle Muses 
while others were more pedantic in their methods. 

In the earl}- '60s the Deutsche Company was 
founded by a 
coterie of con- 
genial g-entle- 
men, Mr. Sal- 
omon Marx be- 
ing one of the 
promoters, an 
esteemed and 
well-known cit- 
izen, who, thir- 
ty years later, 
not many 
months ago, 
was the reci- 
pient of the dis- 
tinguished con- 
sideration o f 
being made 
Hoiiorarn»i of 
i t s successor, 
the Harmony 
Club. 

The intent 
and purposes of 
the "Deutsche 
Company" was 
to foster socia- 
bility, delve in 
science and art, 
all directed to- 
ward influen- 
cing traits tending to promote full fellowship. 

The sessions were thenceforth devoted to debates 
and readings while an interminable number of sur- 
prise parties and iniormals brought about the crea- 
tion of social delig-hts participated in by the lady 
members of the respective families. 

Year after year the affairs of the "Deutsche Com- 
pany" became more elaborate and the grand "Charity 
Balls" of that era were given under its auspices. 

The Club Rooms were at that time, 1865, located 
at old number 112 Common street, and a splendid cir- 




HARMONY CLUB. 



culating library, singing section and dramatic sec- 
tion furnished the increasing- membership with en- 
tertainments of an interesting- and varied character. 
When in reminiscent vein our most representative 
people dwell with pleasure upon the efforts of the or- 
ganization to entertain, the records showing- the pro- 
duction of "Still Waters Run Deep," Taylor's brilliant 
comedy, "Sweethearts and Wives" an(i a number of 
German comedies. 

The section of sweet sing-ers also made their debut 
under brilliant conditions and repeatedly aided in con- 

tributing-pleas- 
uretothe "Com- 
pany" and their 
friends. 
A younger set 
had meanwhile 
organized for 
club and social 
purjjoses, final- 
ly adopting the 
name Harmony 
Club, with its 
domicile on 
Camp, near 
Julia street. In 
1872 the "Com- 
pany" consoli- 
date d , Jos. 
Magner being 
elected Presi- 
dent and Simon 
Cohn, Secre- 
tary, and the 
"C o m pa ny's" 
club house, cor- 
nerofExchange 
Alley and Bien- 
ville street, be- 
came the Har- 
m o n y Club. 
Thence it re- 
moved to Odd 
Fellows' Hall, 
then to the 
beautiful build- 
ing, corner of Camp and Delord streets, then to Canal 
street, now occupied by the Boston Club. 

With the accession of Judg-e I. D. Moore to the 
presidency of the Harmony Club, in 1897 came the 
dedication of the grand Club House in keeping- with 
the prestige always enjoyed by this famed circle of 
gentlemen. The prompt assurance of its members 
and the wealth represented was an assurance and the 
plans, carried out to the letter, ha- given to New Or- 
leans one of the most sumptuous buildings ever erect- 
ed in this city or section utilized for Club purposes. 



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Young 


Mens' Hebrew Association, 

OF NEW ORLEANS. LA. 













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^H^ANY a pleasant memory is associated with the 
T llj various circles, which, years ag-o paved the 
way for the org-anization of the Young Mens' 
Hebrew Association, to-day, a factor in hig-her ideals 
and social life in the city of New Orleans. 

One among- the many concerted plans dates back to 
the autumn of 1880 when the young^er element of rep- 
resentative Jewish families met on a Sunday afternoon 
in the Story Building, corner of Camp and Common 
streets, and entered into an organization, which, how- 
ever, was short 
lived. However, 
this coupled by 
previous efforts 
in the same 
channel gave 
activity to the 
idea which in 
later years crys- 
tallized and re- 
sulted in the es- 
tablishment up- 
on a firm basis 
of an Associa- 
tion, that is, in 
every essential 
an honor to 
the Jews in 
Louisiana, giv- 
ing to the far 
famed Crescent 
City a Club- 
house which in 
point of ele- 
gance, situation 
and utility com- 
pares most fav- 
orably with any 
in the country 
and thereby 
contributing a 
building which 
is an ornament 
among the many gems of architecture in this city. 

While every one acquiesced in the opinion that an 
association of the nature upon which the Y. M. H. A. 
has been based was most desirable and would prove 
an incentive to the young people, aside from the sev- 
eral predecessors nothing permanent was accomplished 
iVintil 1891. 

. In the early winter of that year two young ladies, 
in conjunction with several gentlemen friends, became 
enamoured of the project and canvassed the subject so 




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thoroughly with their friends that several meetings 
were held with the object of organizing, Edgar M. 
Cahn, Ksq., a prominent member of the New Orleans 
Bar, distinguished in his profession, and Herman J. 
Seiferth, City Editor of the Daily Piaiytine, at that 
time an embryo newspaperman, being among its most 
enthusiastic advocates. 

Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock, November 22, 1891, 
found three hundred Jewish gentlemen assembled in 
the ball-room of (irunewald Hall, in that epoch one of 

the landmarks 
of NewOrleans. 
The gathering 
responded to a 
circular appeal 
calling for an 
open meeting 
for the specific 
purpose of or- 
g a n i zi n g a 
Young Mens' 
Hebrew Asso- 
ciation. Before 
the proceedings 
were inaugu- 
rated it was 
tacitlj' under- 
stood that the 
undertaking 
met with the 
hearty approval 
of the memora- 
ble gathering. 

The distinc- 
tion of calling 
the assembly to 
order was ac- 
corded Rabbi I. 
L. Leucht, in 
whose library 
the idea had 
been conceived 
and all the 
plans matured. 
The distin- 
guished minister and eloquent orator addressed the 
meeting dwelling upon the proposition and demon- 
strating in his accustomed brilliant and forcible lan- 
guage the utility of such an organization. Follow- 
ing his address. Rabbi Leucht moved to enter into a 
temporary organization and afterwards nominated 
Edgar M. Cahn as Chairman. 

Chairman Cahn expressed his appreciation of the 
honors vested in him in a brief but eloquent address 
and thenread the "Appeal" which had been instTU- 



71 



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mental in attracting- the attention and enlisting- the 
co-operation of the gentlemen present. 

Mr. Sidney H. March submitted a series of resolu- 
tions dealing with the objects of the proposed Asso- 
ciation and outlining; its purposes, dwellingf especially 
upon the intellectual, moral and social improvement 
of those who allied themselves with the Association, 
a platform which would give its members opportun- 
ities, particularly "Establishing^ Jewish unity, broader 
than Congreg-ational lines or the limitation of wealth 
and society, and the general promotion of the interest 
and progress of the Hebrew community." 

The assembled gentlemen were given every latitude 
for the discussion of the subject, the questions of 
maintaining a club-house, with reading rooms, library 
and other facilities, all with a view of establishing an 
institution which would be a center of intellectual 
culture and sociability. 

The subject matter being fully discussed and ap- 
plauded the following gentlemen were elected, being 
the tirst officers of the Y. M. H. A., of New Orleans: 
President, N. I. Schwartz; First Vice-President, Elkin 
Moses; Second Vice-President, Felix J. Dreyfous; 
Third Vice-President, E. M. Cahn; Secretary', Sam 
Blum; Financial Secretary, Eugene Gutmann; Treas- 
urer, Sim Weis; Librarian, Leonard Stern. 

The officers constituted the Executive Committee 
while the following gentlemen were named the Organ- 
izing Committee: E. M. Cahn, S. Metzger, S. H. 
Stern, Jake Stern, L. H. Weil, S. H. March and H. 
J. Seiferth. 

On Tuesday evening, November 24, in an office at 
old number 31 Carondelet street the officers and Or- 
ganizing Committee held a joint meeting when the 
Executive Committee proper was founded by the selec- 
tion of the following gentlemen: S. H. March, H. J. 
Seiferth, J. L. Beer, Horace Gumbel, Phineas Moses, 
L. H. Weil, August Heidenheim, M. J. Wolf, Ike Has- 
pel, Sam Stern, Sol Loeb, S. J. Hart, Cerf. Hirsch, 
Jos. Trautman and S. Metzger. 

H. J. Seiferth, E. M. Cahn and Sam Blum were ap- 
pointed a Committee to draft a Constitution and By- 
Laws and Sim Weis, S. J. Hart, Cerf. Hirsch and 
Elkin Moses named to select rooms for the habitat of 
the Association. 

In December, 1891, the annex of the Grunewald 
Hall was nearing completion and the Association 
promptly secured a lease. Early in January of 1892 
the magnificent rooms were taken charge of and hand- 
somely equipped and the Association duly installed. 
During the season of festivities of that year the Y. M. 
H. A. gave a number of a most elegant functions and 
at once established a reputation as entertainer. Its 
members enjoyed every facility and everything tended 
to creating of it an imposing and important social 
factor. 

Grunewald Hall succumbed to a conflagration in 
the earl^^ hours before dawn on Monday, October 31, 
of the same year and the Y. M. H. A. was not only 
homeless but lost its furniture, records and effects, 
but nothing daunted established itself on the lower 
floor of Odd Fellows' Hall. 

In 1895, when Mr. Sam Blum was elected President, 
he suggested that the Y. M. H. A. should secure a 
permanent Home, and his views meeting general ap- 
proval, the Y. M. H. A. Improvement Co., Ltd., was 
established with the following officers: Sim Weis, 



President; Dan A. Rose, Vice-President; Sol. J. Levy, 
Secretary; August Heidenheim, Treasurer. Directors: 
Sam Bkim, N. I. Shwartz and E. M. Cahn. 

Entering with spirit and zeal on the plans proposed 
the following gentlemen were named the Building 
Committee: Sim Weis, Ex-officio Chairman; Sam 
Blum, Chairman; D. A. Rose, L. H. Weil, E. M. Loeb, 
A. Aschatfenburg, A. Heidenheim, A. Lichtentag, 
N. I. Shwartz, S. H. March, E. M. Cahn and S. W. 
Weis. 

The result of the efforts of the Association to secure 
a permanent home was crowned on March 2, 1896, 
when ground was broken at the corner of St. Charles 
avenue and Clio street and work thus inaugurated. 

On Wednesday afternoon, April 15, 1896, at 4 o'clock, 
a magnificent gathering of ladies and gentlemen wit- 
nessed the laying of the Cornerstone, the ceremonies 
being conducted by the M. W. Grand Lodge, F. & A. 
M., of Louisiana, under the personal supervision of 
M. W. Grand Master, Albert G. Brice, a distinguished 
Jurist and erudite and scholarly Mason. 

The exercises in honor of the momentous occasion 
were as follows: Prayer, by Rabbi I. L. Leucht; 
Music; Laying of the Corner-stone by the Grand Mas- 
ter, assisted by D. R. Graham, Past (irand Master, 
and Rev. H. C. Duncan and L. L. vShwartz; Oration 
by Judge Brice; Address by Edgar M. Cahn; Bene- 
diction, Rev. H. C. Duncan. 

Committee of Arrangements: Messrs. Leon L. 
Shwartz, E. W. Loeb, E. M. Cahn and A. Lichtentag. 

On Wednesday night, November 18, 189(), the 
"Home" of the Y. M. H. A. was formally opened to 
the public and the most prominent people of the city, 
mingling with the charming matrons and beautiful 
belles, all representatives of society, formed a scene of 
brilliancy which will always be a treasured memory. 

During the exercises the Athenaeum was thronged 
by an interested audience and in this magnificent au- 
ditorium, one of the most exquisite in the United 
States. Rabbi Max Heller voiced an eloquent prayer. 
Mr. Sim Weis turned the building over to the Y. M. 
H. A. in an impressive address, eliciting an equally 
eloquent response from its President, Mr. Sam Blum. 

The possessor of a "Home" in keeping with its ob- 
jects, made the Y. M. H. A. what it is, one of the rep- 
resentative and most useful factors in communal work. 
In an unpretentious manner it has striven for culture 
and sociability and is doing a vast amount of com- 
mendable work along the lines of Lectures, while 
harmless pleasures are not overlooked, its stated func- 
tions being events in society. 

Recently adjacent property has been acquired and 
at an early date a Gymnasium and Natatorium will 
be included among its splendid advantages in which 
every Jewish gentlemen has the privilege of partici- 
pating by being identified with an Association which 
in every essential is a credit to' New Orleans. 

The officers of the Association at this date are as fol- 
lows: Harold Newman, President; Aug. Heidenheim, 
First Vice-President; M. J. Wolf, Second Vice-Presi- 
dent; Jacob Levy, Third Vice-President; Sim Weis, 
Treasurer; Eugene H. Gutman, Financial Secretary; 
Dr. Joseph Conn, Recording Secretar}-; S. H. Mar- 
cuse. Librarian. Board of Directors: Chas. God- 
chaux, M. M. Goldman, Sig. L. Loeb, Adolph Good, 
Peter Gluck, Albert Aschaffenberg, Alex Lichtentag, 
Sig. Levy, N. E. Wohl, E. Heidenheim, E. B. Gold- 
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MR. JULIUS WEIS. 

•♦ LAEARS hence, when an appreciative people will 
I If emulate their forbears in reverencing- the g-ra- 
<— 1* cious acts of beneficence rendered by loyal citi- 
zens of Louisiana, side by side with the name of Judah 
Touro will be recorded the name of the philanthropist 
who builded an everlasting- memorial when the Julius 
Weis Home for Aged and 
Infirm Israelites was open- 
ed as a home indeed for those 
bereft of kindred, of health, 
of means to obtain a liveli- 
hood and, when, in their ad- 
vanced age and infirmities 
were, thereby, not subjects 
of Pity but welcome guests 
in its ornate and beautiful 
apartments. 

While Judah Touro aided 
in creating an interesting 
epoch in the history of New 
Orleans he had splendid ad- 
vantages, being- native born, 
familiar with the language 
and beginning- his career 
when opportunities were 
ample and willing hands ex- 
tended to aid the aspiring to 
achieve success. 

When Mr. Julius Weis, 
then a mere youth, de- 
cided to seek the opportun- 
ities offered in the New 
World, he had obtained all 
the educational advantages 
offered in his birthplace, 
which, in that epoch, were 
limited to a fair common 
school education. But what 
he possessed was character 
and a firm determination to 
succeed insofar as marking 
out his own career. It was 
but natural that he should 
have turned away with 
heavy heart and deep reg-ret 
from the home of his birth, his kindred and friends, to 
seek new associations in the New World and he faced 
the stern realities of life with indomitable will. 

He made his way to the Sunny South, all he pos- 
sessed being 3'outh, energy, honesty and the modest 
ambition to succeed in gaining a livelihood. Though 
unfamiliar with the vernacular for the time being- he 




JULIUS WEIS. 



led the life of a vendor of merchandise, traveling from 
point to point in Mississippi in the vicinity of Natchez. 
In the course of a couple of years his profits gave him 
a sufficient capital, every cent of which he earned by 
his labor, and with this he opened a small country 
store at Fayette, Miss. 

The methods and personality- of Mr. Weis asserted 

themselves and, from the be- 
ginning of his career as a 
country store keeper in Fa- 
yette to this day, he enjoys 
the confidence, esteem," and 
respect of every one who 
knows him. 

P^rom an unpretentious 
covmtry store keeper Mr. 
Weis slowly laid the found- 
ation for his future successes 
and, in 1864, he cast his lot 
with the people of New Or- 
leans, among whom he was 
previously known because of 
his repeated visits and iden- 
tification with business. 

Coming- to New Orleans 
in 18f)4 he founded the house 
which for nearly forty years 
has been conspicuous among 
the leading "Cotton Houses" 
of the States. His identi- 
fication with the financial 
centres of the World is also 
well-known and the firm 
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Of his personal service in 
the cause of charity, of the 
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gardless of religious belief, 
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courag-ed in the hours of dire 
need none will ever know — 
nor the unnumbered inci- 
dents of kindness bestowed upon some fellow voyagers 
to whom life was a stormy sea. 

His identification with affairs in New Orleans in- 
cluded an interest in communal work. He took a 
livel_y interest in the affairs of the Hebrew Educational 
Society, which, at that time, having fulfilled its mis- 
sion, was liquidated bj- his financial ability. 



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Mr. Weis was elected to the presidenc}' of the Touro 
Iniirmary and Hebrew Benevolent Association and, at 
that time, asserted that the day would come when a 
separate institution would be required to shelter Agfed 
and Infirm Israelites. The Jewish Orphans' Home 
has also been recipient of his bounty and without 
pomp or parade or desire for public notoriety, he has 
rendered this Institution invaluable service as well as 
contributing to other charities without reference to 
Religious beliefs, no appeal ever being unheeded. 

When Congregation Temple Sinai was projected he 
was among its most ardent advocates and early in its 
history succeeded to its presidency which he occupied, 
with the brief exception of two terms, for over a score 
of years, finally declining re-election pleading his ad- 
vanced age as his excuse and which his most ardent 
friends, the entire congregation, conceded with regret. 
Under his various administrations Temple Sinai at- 
tained the prestige it enjoys as the foremost Jewish 
communal body in the South. 

The Young Men's Hebrew Association, of which he 
has been a valued and honored member since its or- 
ganization, has also profitted by his generosity in 
various ways, and, at his suggestion and by his liberal 
donations, as free will offerings repeatedly contributed 
in recent j^ears, the Lecture Course has been made 
an important annual feature. 

For those to whom life seemed one continuous strug- 
arle, in the heart of the Garden District of New Orleans 
stands a structure, a haven for Aged and Infirm Is- 
raelites— The Julius Weis Home — reared for the 
grandest of purposes, the housing of the aged who, for 
the humane instincts of the greatest philantropist 
since the days of Judah Touro, would be "naked and 
desolate, friendless and homeless," a burden to them- 
selves and to the State. 

The record of the efforts of an honored gentleman, 
for love of his fellowmen, it must be recalled, was, 
by yielding of the wealth he accumulated through 
his own efforts. He arrived in New Orleans on Nov- 
ember 2, 1845, possessing j-outh, honesty and nn in- 
domitable will coupled with the laudable desire to 
succeed, little dreaming that his labors would be 
crowned by being in a position to round a happy old 
age with examples which will prove an incentive to 
generations unborn. Of his application to business, 
of his devotion to Judaism, of his inestimable services 
to charities and communal work has been told and 
retold and will be treasured in jears to come. 

Yet, that part of his career, pertaining to his home 
life cannot be described in words. On January 27, 
1864, he led to the altar an accomplished and love- 
able lady, nee Carrie Mayer, one of the fairest daugh- 
ters of Natchez, Miss., whose memory is cherished by 



loved ones and friends, for she was a devoted Mother- 
in-Israel, enwrapt in the faith of her ancestors and 
took just pride in the plans and works of her husband 
for Judaism. On February 13, 1864, Mr. Weis and 
his youthful bride made New Orleans their home — a 
home, indeed — wherein "Love and Hope reigned side 
by side.'' In 1876 the palatial home in Jackson 
avenue, corner of Coliseum street, was taken j)osses- 
sion of, where, to-day, surrounded by everything 
that love can suggest, midst luxurious environment, 
Mr. Weis enjoys the results of his successful career, 
delighting in the happiness of his children and 
grand-children, h s children, two daughters noted 
for their interest in philanthropic work, and five sons, 
one of whom is a physician of note, another a prom- 
ising Attorney-at-Law and the others, prominent in 
social and financial circles, who are associated with 
him in the conduct of the well-known and represen- 
tative firm. 

And years hence, when men and women will emu- 
late the examples of their predecessors, for Sweet 
Charity sake, and treasure in memory the kindly deeds 
of Louisianians of the Jewish faith, Judah Touro and 
Julius Weis will be reverentially named as the first 
philanthropists of record in the Sunny South. 

MR. ISIDORE NEWMAN, Sr. 

Early in November, 1853, a youth barely in his teens 
landed in New Orleans, his fortune limited to youth, 
good health, thrift, and a desire to succeed. No doubt 
he had heard, while at home with parents, kindred 
and friends, of the wonderful land beyond the seas, — 
a land of possibilities, where those who labored were 
at least sure of success, however modest, — and no 
doubt he turned his thoughts to the future, not with 
an}' idea of becoming a potent factor in affairs of state 
and municipality, in finance and industries, but with 
only a desire to gain a livelihood. 

A few months ago, when representative people of 
New Orleans, ladies and gentlemen, were assembled 
in honor of the presentation of the "Picayune Loving 
Cup," the youth of fifty years ago, now an honored 
and distinguished citizen, referred to his coming to 
New Orleans penniless, casting his lot with this peo- 
ple, where opportunities were offered him which made 
his efforts successful. 

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Germany, in 1838, and enjoyed whatever education 
and advantages then offered to children in European 
lands. At the age of fourteen he left his paternal 
home. On his arrival here he proceeded to adapt 
himself to the customs of the people, and became an 
American in the full sense of the term. His perse- 
verance, courtesy, personality and integrity gained 
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Mr. Newman was 



The career of Mr. Newman is one that an}- man can 
be justly proud of, for he was the architect of his for- 
tune, a worthy model of the unassuming-, modest 
man, whose ability has g-ained for him a deserved 
reputation. 

Years ag-o, when the financial 
of Louisiana was endang'ered 
among the first of its worthy citizens to present a 
solution of the problem. Whenever an^- plan has been 
advanced for the improvement of New Orleans, indus- 
trially or for its beautification, he has been found 
amongst its advocates, and his purse open on demand. 
His record as a public-spirited citizen exhibits him as 
one whose lofty patriotism is of the purest type. 

His personal efforts to 
bring- about a spirit of civic 
pride by advantages never 
before enjoyed by the cit- 
izens of New Orleans cul- 
minated in the inaug-uration 
of the electric surface rail- 
way system. He secured an 
interest in, and afterwards 
the control of, the then 
Carrollton Railroad, and con- 
verted it into an electric 
system, following- this inno- 
vation with the Claiborne 
Street line, part of the pro- 
jected work. Since the elec- 
tric motive power has at- 
tained pre-eminence, Mr. 
Newman has successfully 
financed the surface rail- 
way systems in various 
places, notably Birmingham, 
Ala., and Nashville, Tenn. 

Of his other ventures, all 
of which stamp him as a 
useful citizen, whose inter- 
ests, however vast, have as 
the objective point, the up- 
building- of sections where- 
in he is interested, it is un- 
necessary to dwell upon. 
Identified with the B'nai 
B'rith of District No. 7, he 
has served the order to ad- 
vantage in various capaci- 
ties. As Treasurer of the En- 
dowment Reserve Fund, his 
great experience in finan- 
cial matters, and his ever- 
ready service were helpful to place it upon its present 
sound foundation. The Denver National Hospital for 
Consumptives, of Denver, Col., was called into exist- 
ence by the exigencies of the situation, and when it 
became known that the institution would be non- 
sectarian, Mr. Newman allowed himself to be placed 
on the Board of Managers. Through his instrumen- 
tality, and largely through his means, a number of 
afflicted people were sent to the National Hospital, 
and they have good cause to bless the generosity of 
their benefactor. 

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state or municipality, its public works, or in com- 
munal or charitable work, would be to record all the 
happenings of a useful career abundant in laudable 




ISIDORE NEWMAN, Sr 



purposes and devoted to the most humble of his fel- 
low-citizens, for, free from prejudice, he knows no 
distinction between men and men, or creed and creed, 
his faith in humanity and the brotherhood of men 
being unbounded. 

On November 14th, 1903, was the fiftieth anniver- 
sary of the arrival of Mr. Isidore Newman in the city 
of New Orleans. The memorable event was only 
recalled by a few of his veteran friends, and occasion 
was taken by these to extend their felicitations. Yet 
the day was not permitted to pass unnoticed by gen- 
tlemen who have been associated with Mr. Newman 
in charitable work. Measures were taken by the 
Board of Managers of the Touro Infirmary and He- 
brew Benevolent Association to commemorate the 

fiftieth anniversary, the gol- 
den jubilee, of his coming 
to the city; the Board met 
at the Harmony Club on 
Sunday morning, Novem- 
ber 22nd, and a committee 
was appointed, consisting 
of Mr. N. I. Shwartz, the 
President of the Associa- 
tion; Mr. Julius Weis, an 
ex-president, and Rev. I. 
L. Leucht, the Vice-Presi- 
dent, to wait upon Mr. 
Newman at his residence, 
and to present to him a 
small token in the shape of 
a loving cup, in apprecia- 
tion of the great services 
he had rendered the insti- 
tution, and the hearty wishes 
of all for his continued 
happiness and prosperity. 

Mr. Newman, as a mem- 
orial of the anniversary of 
the fiftieth year of his ar- 
rival in this cit}', donated 
many thousands of dollars 
to Christian and Jewish 
charities, which, according 
to his method, were un- 
heard of by the press be- 
cause of his expressed wish 
that no publicity be made. 

In public and private 
life, Mr. Newman is a plain, 
blunt man, unassuming, 
approachable, enjoying the 
advantages of his affluence and doing gracious acts 
of kindness in a true spirit of charity, never seeking 
notoriety. In the many years of his identification 
with Jewish charities, he never permitted his name 
to be brought before the public until recently, when 
he assumed the privilege of donating the large 
amount necessary to erect the Manual Training 
School, which now bears his honored name, and 
which will forever stand as a monument of his muni- 
ficence and his love for our orphans. And this unos- 
tentation applies with equal force to his benevolent 
actions towards every charity in New Orleans, irre- 
spective of den rminational differences. 

His home life is an ideal one, and with his noble 
wife by his side it has been an inspiration. 



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RABBI MAX HELLER. 

Eminently qualified for the calling- wherein, from 
the inception of his career, he has occupied a distin- 
g-uished position; for years minister of the foremost 
congregation in the South, a congregation that in 
point of membership, which from personality, intelli- 
gence, wealth and devotion to Judaism, equals any 
in the United States, the erudite scholar and eloquent 
divine, Rabbi Maximillian Heller, is recog^nized as 
well worthy the honors and distinction he has at- 
tained by his ability and fitness. 

Rabbi Heller was the architect of his own career, 
the basis upon which he builded being- inherent 
qualities, intelligence, st^^dious application and in- 
domitable will. He was born on January 1st, 18G(), 
at Prague, Bohemia, his parents being Seligman 
Heller and Mathilde, nee Kas- 
sowitz. Acquiring- the rudi- 
ments of education he 'was then 
sent to the Neustadter (gym- 
nasium of his native city, where 
he received a thorough scholas- 
tic training. According to the 
European system of education. 
Rabbi Heller had rare o])por- 
tunities to master Hebrew and 
the languages, and his mastery ; 
of many of the living and dead 
languag-es was an incentive to 
renewed application, hence, his 
ability as a linguist, long- since 
established, is well earned, the 
result of his efforts and scholar- 
ship. 

Coming to the United States 
in his early manhood, he evinc- 
ed a desire to continue his 
studies, and entered the Hebrew 

Union College, at the same time devoting his at- 
tention to the study of science and art at the Uni- 
versity of Cincinnati. 

The matriculants in the Hebrew Union College 
were at that time limited in numbers, yet, as has been 
demonstrated by the distinction they, as g-raduates, 
have attained, they were imbued with the right 
spirit for their holy calling-. Attaining the degrees 
Batchelor of Letters and Master of Letters from the 
University of Cincinnati, and the distinction of 
Rabbi from the Hebrew Union College, Rabbi Heller 
entered upon his career in 1884 as Minister of Zion 
Congregation of Chicago, occupying its pulpit for 
two years. 

In 1886 he was called to Houston, Texas, and from 
that time to the present has exhibited his devotion 




RABBI MAX HELLER 



to the South and Southern Judaism, a devotion re- 
paid tenfold by his legion of friends and admirers. 
His charge at Houston was limited to five months, 
for, when the lamented Rabbi, James K. Gutheim, 
paid Nature's debt and, the representative Southern 
cong-regation he had founded and nurtured to the 
honor of Southerners and the glory of Reform Juda- 
ism, sought for, a fitting successor, one whose ability 
and worth, honesty of purpose and personality would 
further the cause. Rabbi Heller was chosen. 

Congregation Temple Sinai, individually and col- 
lectively, and Israelites of Louisiana in general have 
no cause to regret the coming of Rabbi Heller in 
their midst. He has been true to his trust, loyal to 
his faith and by his personality contributed not only 
to the elevation of Judaism but welding together in 
bonds of fellowship (ientile and 
Jew. He has been intimately 
associated with every cause of 
note, every happening of im- 
portance occurring for the past 
sixteen years in New Orleans 
and in the State of Louisiana 
and his opinion and words have 
had weight in the Councils of 
the People. In public or pri- 
vate life he is invariably just, 
influenced alone by what he re- 
gards the rig-ht, — in charitable 
work he is always methodical 
and untiring and his interest 
in the Orphans' Home, the 
Touro Infirmary and the Young 
Men's Hebrew Association has 
been repeatedly exhibited where- 
by these Institutions have been 
the beneficiaries. 

Two years after assuming 
charge of the pulpit of Tem- 
ple Sinai he wedded one of the intellectual and 
charming young ladies of New Orleans, Miss Ida 
Marks and his estimable wife, devoted to the cause 
of Judaism, has proven herself an ideal helpmate. 
Of this happy union several children have been born 
who, God willing-, will be a source of many joys 
to their fond parents. 

While Rabbi Heller may be reg-arded of a reserved 
disposition, those who know him intimately recog- 
nize in him all the attributes of congeniality, none 
question the fact that a becoming dignity, associated 
with ability and scholarship, honesty of purpose and 
principle are virtues he possesses and whereby he 
enjoys the esteem and respect of all who recognize that 
with so stalwart a leader Southern Judaism cannot 
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RABBI ISAAC L. LEUCHT. 

An Israelite and something- more is he, the well- 
beloved minister of Congregation Touro, whom the 
Christians of his home cit3' as well as its Jews, de- 
light to honor. To whom was accorded for example, 
so flattering a reception as that of January 25th, 1904, 
his sixtieth birthda}' and the twentj'-fifth anniversary 
of his pastorate of Touro, when ministers as well as 
prominent laity of the Methodist, Presbyterian, Epis- 
copal and other faiths joined personally in the felici- 
tations of the occasion. 

Nor is this the first time such deference has been 
paid him. A man of public spirit and civic pride, 
not the mere leader of flock and people, he has often 
taken active part in public movements side by side 
with Christian pastors. At 
the dedication of the Fisk Free 
Library he was conspicuous 
upon the platform along with 
the Catholic Archbishop Jans- 
sens and the Episcopal Bishop 
Sessums. In the relief work 
of the terrible Cheniere Cam- 
inada hurricane of '93, he 
labored hand in hand with 
Rector Waters of vSt. Pauls, 
and the Catholic Archbishop. 
When, some years back, the 
New Orleans Sanitary Associa- 
tion was flourishing, it was 
Mr. John T. Gibbons, a brother 
of the distinguished Catholic 
Cardinal of Baltimore, who pre- 
sented Rabbi Leucht's name for 
the presidency of the organ- 
ization. At the present time indeed, he is acting 
president of the Red Cross Society, of which he has 
said: "The cross is its emblem, but I see in it only 
the noble and humane purpose for which the Society 
is enrolled." 

Herein we have the keynote to his character— in a 
word — breadth and liberality. And here is the reason 
of the esteem in which he is held so generally by his 
fellow citizens. "I have tried to follow in Dr. Gu- 
theim's footsteps," he has said, "by devoting my labors 
to develop unsectarianism." And again: "I am a Jew 
and yet am Protestant and also Catholic. I always 
protest against anything that opposes light and pro- 
gress and I am universal in my belief in the father- 
hood of God." A large souled as well as broad minded 




RABBI ISAAC L. LEUCHT. 



man, our Rabbi. "Write me," AbDU ben Adhem says, 
in Leigh Aunt's beautiful poem, "write me as one 
who loves his fellow men." 

Rabbi Leucht was born in Darmstadt, Germany, 
and there took a preliminary course for his ministry. 
He afterwards studied at other European centers of 
education. He came to the United States in 1864 at 
the age of twenty and located in Baltimore. There 
he resided four years and then came to New Orleans 
as assistant to the late Rabbi Gutheim, minister of 
K. K., Shaarai Chesed. From that the two went 
together to Temple Sinai when it was erected, but in 
1879 Rabbi Leucht returned to his first love, since 
become, by consolidation with the Portuguese Con- 
gregation, the noted Synagogue of Touro. 

Rabbi Leucht was for a long 
time Secretary of the Hebrew 
Educational Society organiz- 
ed to provide a school for 
Jewish children in the trying 
"Carpet Bag" days. He has 
been a member of the State 
School Board; he was one of 
the founders of the Y. M. H. 
A., and is a charter member 
of the Harmony Club of New 
Orleans. He has been a 
member of the Jewish Wid- 
ows' and Orphans' Home since 
1868 and its First Vice-Presi- 
dent since 1886. Heis First Vice- 
President also of the Touro 
Infirmary and the Hebrew 
Benevolent Association. He 
has been President of the 
Commission of Prisons and Asylums, President of the 
United_,Hebrew Charities, President of the Southern 
Conference of Rabbis, and for two years was Vice- 
President of the Reformed Rabbis of the United 
States. 

Among the testimonials received by Dr. Leucht 
upon the anniversary above referred to, was a silver 
pitcher from the First Presbyterian Church of New 
Orleans, the church of the famous Dr. Palmer, whose 
funeral sermon was preached by Rabbi Leucht, for 
our subject has earned reputation abroad as a man of 
higii culture as well as higdi character, and as a pul- 
pit orator of influence and power. An easy and 
gracious manner with all, high or low, is also a char- 
acteristic for which Dr. Leucht is to be remarked. 



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84 



MR. MAURICE STERN. 

There is no man among: the mercantile element of 
Louisiana of whose career a brief sketch will be more 
beneficial and useful than that of Mr. Maurice Stern. 

He was born in (lerman}-, January dth, 1855, and 
passed his youth in acquiring- an education in the 
public schools of his natal land. In 1S71, when but 
sixteen years of ag-e, he left his home and crossings 
the Atlantic settled in New Orleans. Brig-ht and 
determined to win for himself a name and a place in 
the city of his adoption, he entered the office of the 
firm of Lehman, Neug"ass & Co., and so faithfully 
and well did he perform his duties until step b}* step 
he advanced until the year 1880, when he was ad- 
mitted as a i^artner, the name of the firm becoming 
I^ehman, Abraham & Co. In 1885 the business was 
incorporated under the name of Lehman Stern & Co., 
Limited, and to-day Mr. Stern occupies the presi- 
dency of that organization. 

In addition to filling that position he holds many 
others of honor and responsibility. He is Vice-Pres- 
ident of the Lane Cotton Mills, 
one of the best equipped plants 
in the country, a director of the 
Whitney National Bank, a direc- 
tor of the Morgan State Bank and 
the Cotton Exchange. Mr. Stern 
is President of the International 
Land Improvement Company and 
Treasurer of the Southern States 
Land and Timber Company, both 
hand ling principally timber lands. 

Mr. Stern is a consistent advo- 
cate of the onward progress and 
development of New Orleans and 
has always contributed liberally 
both of his time and means in that 
direction. His name associated 
with any enterprise means the 
ultimate success of that con- 
cern. He is a hard and earnest 
worker and has the happy facul- 
ty and ability of disposing of 
vast qualities of work without 
any seeming eff^ort on his part. 
Aside from the busy cares en- 
tailed by the numerous business 
projects in which he is interested 
Mr. Stern has found time to devote to other matters 
and is a member in excellent standing of the New Or- 
leans Board of Trade, Sugar Exchange, Cotton Ex- 
change and Progressive Union. 

He is a man of great charity and the cord between 
his purse and heart is short and direct. He delights 
in doing good and is unostentatious in all matters of 
this character. He is the President of Temple Sinai 
and an active member of the Touro Infirmary, the 
Jewish Widows' and Orphans' Home, B'nai B'rith and 
a trustee of the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital. 
Socially he is a member of the Harmony Club. 

While not a politician in the sense of seeking polit- 
ical preferment for emolument he has always taken 
such interest in politics as every good citizen should 
do. He is a Democrat, who believes in the princi- 
ples of Democrac}'. 

In 1901 he was appointed by Governor Heard as a 
member of the State Board of Education for the 
Second Congressional District of Louisiana. His 




HAURICE STERN. 



record in that position needs no commendation from 
our pen; it has been characteristic of the man. He 
has devoted his entire time and attention to the sub- 
ject and has given a great deal of thought to the 
betterment of education. Since filling the position 
a new set of books for the public schools has been 
selected, and these have given great satisfaction. 
Other improvements have been made which lack of 
space precludes mention. The selection by the gov- 
ernor of Mr. Stern was a happy intuition and has 
given great satisfaction to the people, and he has 
acquitted himself with due credit to himself and his 
constituents. It is to this class of men that our in- 
stitutions, public and otherwise, owe their high 
standing and causes Louisiana to take her place 
among the great and leading States of the Union. 
Education is the great pivotal point around which 
centers everything desirable in life, and public edu- 
cation is one of the great basis upon which rests the 
])reservation and conservation of liberty, the great vital 
principle of the American republic. These facts are 
fully recognized and appreciated 
by Mr. Stern, hence the great in- 
terest he manifests in such mat- 
ters. 

Personally Maurice Stern is a 
pleasant, genial gentleman, easy 
of approach, with no overbearing 
ideas of dignity. Plain and un- 
assuming he is of and for the peo- 
ple whose aims, sentiments and 
aspirations he shares and enjoys. 
He stands for progress and ad- 
vancement first, last and all the 
time. 

May 19, 1883, he was happily 
married to Miss Hanna Bloom, a 
talented and accomplished yonng 
lady of New Orleans. This union 
has been blessed with three chil- 
dren, two boys and one girl. Mr. 
and Mrs. Stern are pleasantly 
domiciled at the corner of St. 
Charles and Soniat streets. 

In conclusion the writer would 
say that 

Lives f)f (jrent men, all leiiiiiiil ua 
We can muke our iires siihllme, 
And ihpiirlinfi, le((re behind us 
FdOlpiiuts (m the sunds of time. 

Lines containing more truth than the above by the 
famous poet Longfellow were never penned. The 
sketch of a man's life has wider and more useful ser- 
vice than in ministering to the vanity of its subject 
or the pride of friends. Its true mission is to seize 
upon such points of character and career as may be 
presented for imitation or encouragement. These 
are such as live devoted to their work and their in- 
fluence for good will continue to act, their charac- 
teristics fixed and ineffaceable. Such has been the 
life history of Maurice Stern. 

If parents or guardians would furnish their chil- 
dren with biographical sketches of successful men 
there would be far less "flowers that blossomed to 
die unseen." Almost in the boyhood of rich mental 
activity he gives promise of man}^ years of public 
usefulness, and had New Orleans just 1,000 more men 
of like calibre that would mean just 1,000 of the 
highest type of citizenship. 



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86 



MR. HENRY ABRAHAM. 

Among" the many able business men who have im- 
pressed themselves on the affairs of New Orleans and 
who have helped to make the cit}' great and prosper- 
ous and renowned as a commercial center there is no 
man who stands hig-her than Henry Abraham. Not 
onlv has he made a name that is looked to with pride 
and honor bv the business world, but he has added to 
the beauty and attractiveness of the city by helping 
to make its residence section the most delightful that 
can be found in any city, so he has helped also to make 
more marked the social and benevolent characteristics 
which are strong^ here and tor which the city is so 
widely noted. It is remarkable that among- the Jew- 
ish people there is hardly a man of prominence who 
has achieved fame and fortune who has not at the 
same time made his name 
known as a man of public 
spirit and benevolence and this 
is what has gfiven the Jewish 
people such a high standing- 
in the community. They have 
never been found wanting- in 
anything that helped to make 
the city more prosperous or 
more fit to live in and enjoy 
life in. 

Mr. Abraham, like so man}- 
other successful Jews, was born 
in Germany, where he was 
educated and trained in those 
careful business habits which 
he afterwards combined with 
enterprise and push and de- 
voted to the upbuilding- of his 
business, thereby benefitting- 
the community as every man 
does who truly looks after his 
own affairs. Mr. Abraham 
lived before coming- to New 
Orleans, in Montgomery, Ala., 

where he beg-un the business career which afterwards 
brought him to this city. He was for a number of 
years a factor in the great firm of Lehman, Neug-ass 
& Co., afterwards Lehman, Abraham & Co., and 
afterwards established a business in the name of H. 
Abraham & Son, which has become one of the great- 
est cotton houses in the world and has always been 
regarded by the business world as one of the most 
representative and prog-ressive and at the same time 
careful and judiciously managed business concerns of 
the country. 

His ability and business standing- naturally brought 
Mr. Abraham into wider relations to the financial 
world. As a director and afterwards as Vice-Presi- 
dent of the Germania National Bank he has exercised 
an influence on the financial affairs of the city that 




HENRY ABRAHAH 



has always been of the highest value and greatest 
benefit to the community of commercial and financial 
activity and has helped to establish that confidence 
and stability in business which is so well defined in 
this city. He has also been connected with important 
commercial and manufacturing enterprises and al- 
ways has been ready to stand with those who stood 
for the advancement of the city. 

Natural tact and ability to comprehend commercial 
problems, capacity to see into the future and venture 
as far as was safe and wise and no farther and a full 
comprehension of the correlation of business interests 
peculiarly fitted Mr. Abraham for the place that he 
has assumed in the business world. But he did not 
reach that position without years of hard work, self 
sacrifice and keen attention to details, which are the 
essentials to advancement. He 
came across the Atlantic with 
no capital but his training 
and ambition and determina- 
tion to succeed, which are the 
characteristics that have 
given New Orleans so many 
valued Jewish and other citi- 
zens from the Old World. 
It may have seemed to some 
that they fell into fortune but 
the fact is that it came from 
hard work and following the 
essentials to success. 

In private life Mr. Abraham 
presents to his friends in his 
beautiful home among fam- 
ily and friends, or out in the 
social world the picture of a 
man plain, unassuming, mag- 
netic, well informed and pleas- 
ant in manner, refined and a 
student of men and affairs, 
a delightful man to talk with, 
a lover of books and art and 
everything that pleases the intellect and attracts 
the cultured. He is an interesting talker and when 
he consents to talk of the eventful years of his life 
and gives his views and impressions gathered in a 
wide field of travel and observation, there is no more 
interesting host and entertainer. 

By those characteristics which have been the force 
of his business life — integrit3% intelligent, activity 
and devotion to details, Mr. Abraham was amassed a 
fortune that places him high among the moneyed men 
of the South, but this has not drawn him, nor his 
family away from their devotion to the city and the 
people among whom they have lived, nor changed the 
geniality and friendliness with which he mingles with 
the people, nor lessened his interest in the progress 
and development of the city. 



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88 



WILLIAM ABLER. 

No name among- the Jewish people of this city is 
more respected than that of William Adler, who is a 
leading- man of it in every form of activity, bus- 
iness, social and municipal, and not only has made 
himself a high reputation in regfard to the carrying 
on and development of his private business, but has 
taken a position in public affairs that has always been 
honorable, progressive and up-to-date, while in the 
social world he stands as high as any man in the city. 

Mr. Adler is still a young man, too, having been 
born in 1858, on the 30tli of December in the German 
Fatherland, which he left full of hope and confidence 
and determination, about twenty-five years ago. His 
hope was to make an honorable name in a new coun- 
try and his ambition to achieve success on the lines 
in which he has succeeded so well. 

He came without capital and 
began at the bottom of the lad- 
der, taking a place with the 
important firm of Hirsch, Adler 
& Co., wholesale grocers, im- 
porters and exporters, now A. 
Adler & Co., of which Mr. 
Adler is a member. The repu- 
tation established in this bus- 
iness he has carried into others 
and his appreciation of the im- 
portance of the city and the 
opening for investments led 
him early to take an interest 
in manufacturing and business 
enterprises outside of his direct 
firm. He is a big stockholder 
in and Vice-President of The 
Kohlmann Cotton Mill and 
Manufacturing Company, the 
Schwartz Foundry Company, 
Ltd., and the Adler- Weinber- 
ger Steamship Comjjany, and a 
Director in the Bluefields 
Steamship Company. 

In every line of business in which he has engaged 
he is regarded as a leader and his opinion sought on 
all important matters. His connection as a director 
of the State National Bank has been an important 
feature of the success of that institution in recent 
years and he has taken an especial interest in that 
success and in the high standing of the institution. 
Since he became President this has been even more 
truly the case than before and he has been recognized 
as the peer of any financier in the South. 

When Mayor Flower was looking over the city 
for men big and public-spirited enough to place 
on the Drainage and Sewerage Board, Mr. Adler 
was obviously a natural choice because of his 
ability and because he had always shown a decided 
liking to public affairs which did not involve pol- 
itics. His selection was a wise one, for no mem- 




WILLIAH ADLER. 



ber has devoted more earnest and intelligent effort to 
the great work of redeeming the city from its former 
condition. 

The services of such men in the public work are 
above any consideration of reward; they are some- 
thing that only the true spirit of public enterprise 
and ambition can inspire and without such leaders 
and thinkers progress must be slow and unsatis- 
factory. 

Another line of activity in which Mr. Adler has 
shown himself is as one of the leaders in the work of 
Progressive Union and such efforts to uplift and ad- 
vance the city as a whole, without regard merely to 
the interests of his own personal business. In all 
public affairs of this kind his presence has always 
been noted and his voice has been heard when there 
was occasion to speak for progress and advancement 
and better methods. 

A man of pleasant address 
and social disposition Mr. 
Adler has not failed to im- 
press his personality on those 
who have come in contact 
with him and this same dis- 
position and spirit of enter- 
prise have made him promi- 
nent in all the charitable and 
benevolent affairs of the city, 
especially, of course, those 
conducted by the Jews. In all 
of the great enterprises which 
have called forth such eulo- 
gies of the Jewish people of 
the city from visiting phil- 
anthropists and sympathetic 
people Mr. Adler has been a 
factor, though he may have 
been a quiet one working be- 
hind the scenes and furnish- 
ing more than words and sug- 
gestions. 
Mr. Adler is ex-President of the Congregation 
Gates of Mercy of the Dispersed of Judah, of which 
Rev. I. L. Leucht is Rabbi. 

He has always been an active member of that splen- 
did, live organization, the Young Men's Hebrew As- 
sociation and in all its plans his advice and co-opera- 
tion helped, especially in the building and equip- 
ment of the beautiful home of the club, in the work 
of its extension and enlargement and in the public 
benefits that have accrued to the city from the ac- 
tivity of the organization. Aside from his connec- 
tion with the Drainage and Sewerage Board he has 
not held office and is in no sense a politician, though 
he has taken a commendable interest in political af- 
fairs and in 1896 served as an elector on the ticket 
which gave the country that splendid statesman and 
and noble representative, William McKinley. 



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MR. NATHAN I. SHWARTZ. 

One among- the first of the younger set of a score of 
years ag-o who entered with zeal upon a career of 
usefulness without the expectancy of acquiring- any 
notoriety or reward for unselfish services rendered, 
devoting his energies, his time and his means 
for the betterment of the distressed and unfortunate 
was Mr. Nathan I. Shwartz, who for years has occu- 
pied an honored position in the affairs of New Or- 
leans, in communal, charitable, social and commer- 
cial circles. 

Mr. Shwartz is to the manner born, a native of 
New Orleans, where he was reared, educated and 
given the opportunity of carving out his own career. 
His lamented parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. Abra- 
ham Shwartz, had made this 
city their home years ago in 
the spring- of their useful 
lives and lived to witness the 
realization of their fondest 
hopes and aspirations. 

Born on April 22, 1853, Mr. 
Nathan I. Schwartz was edu- 
cated in the Public Schools of 
the city and, thoug-h a mere 
youth entered in the employ- 
ment of his father who had 
founded the prominent busi- 
ness house known for years as 
"A Shwartz," and which in 
course of time assumed only 
such changes as were neces- 
sary when the sons became 
identified with it and finally 
becoming- the care and pride 
of Mr. N. I. Shwartz e.xclu- 
sively. 

Step by step Mr. Shwartz 
acquired the technique of business and before he had 
attained his majority was a practical man of affairs, 
knowing- the details of the ever increasing "Shwartz 
Dry Goods House" from Alpha to Omega. He was 
practically manag-er of the establishment before he 
was eighteen years of age and under his astute, 
courteous and comprehensive business methods "A 
Shwartz's Son" has become noted throughout Louis- 
iana as a synonym for integrity. 

Mr. Shwartz found time when "a youngster" to 
consider the daily' problems of those less fortunate, 
men, women and children buffeted by the waves of 
adversity, poor, homeless, destitute and sick, and the 
indigent ag-ed more helpless than the babe wooed to 
slumber's sweet in mothers' arms. While sentiment 




attracted Mr. Shwartz to communal and charitable 
work, he no doubt realized that charity to be effec- 
tive should be conducted on business principles. He 
took a modest part in the affairs of the Touro In- 
firmai V and Hebrew Benevolent Association, of which 
he has been a member since his early manhood and 
from his identification with the Association he has 
been a zealous worker. 

(iradually his opinions attracted the attention of 
the great hearted men who have labored assiduously 
for the cause of Humanity for years, and. realizing 
that the day was near at hand when others must 
assume the burden of office and management, Mr. 
Shwartz was given a position on the Board of Direc- 
tors in 1877. 

In 1898 he was elected Pres- 
ident of the Touro Infirmary 
and Hebrew Benevolent Asso- 
ciation and this famed institu- 
tion owes much of its suc- 
cesses to the splendid execu- 
tive ability of the gentleman 
whose name has been identi- 
fied with its splendid progress 
since his assumption of the 
president's chair. 



NATHAN I 5MWARTZ. 



AUGUST HEIDENHEIM. 

Mr. Heidenheim is one of 
the most active and influential 
of the younger Jewish element 
of the Crescent City. He is a 
director and first vice-presi- 
dent of the Young Men's He- 
brew Association, and an 
ardent worker in its cause, 
and is affiliated with other or- 
ganizations, social and frater- 
nal, of his people. 
He is the son of M. Heidenheim. retired, long a 
merchant of the up town district of the city, and for 
very many years the president of the Congregation of 
Jackson street Synagogue His business is under- 
writing He is ("resident of the Ferd. Marks Insur- 
ance Agency, Ltd , one of the largest general agen- 
cies, and one of the oldest also, of New Orleans. 

Mr Heidenheim is a native of New Orleans, and a 
graduate of the local schools, ' to the manner born 
and bred." as Shakespeare has it, in point of fact. 
His wife is a New Orleans lady. Miss Sarah Marks, 
daughter of the late Ferd. Marks. As an insurance 
man he began at the very bottom of the ladder. While 
still in h s teens he was a practical man of business. 
Like his brothers, also prominent men of affairs here, 
he early disclosed superior managerial talents. His 
agency under his direction steadily increases its 
patroriage. It has an especially large clientage in 
the cotton trading district in which it is located. 



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MR. ALBERT GODCHAUX. 

The familiar name, Godchaux, conspicuous in com- 
mercial, financial and social circles, and representing 
varied interests which have aug-mented the prosperity 
of Louisiana, and the city of New Orleans in particu- 
lar, is worthily borne by Mr. Albert Godchaux. 

Mr. Godchaux, the fourth son of the lamented 
Leon Godchaux, was born in New Orleans, Aug"ust 7, 
1870. Rearsid amidst the elegant and refined influ- 
ences of the Godchaux home on Esjilanade avenue, 
enjoying- ever}' advantage that wealth can contribute, 
at an early age Mr. Godchaux was given opportuni- 
ties rarely enjoyed to acquire an education befitting 
his future prospects. When sufficiently advanced he 
matriculated at Tulane Universit}' where he received 
a thorough literary education. Proceeding thence to 
famous "Exeter," located at Exeter, N. H., he con- 
tinued his studies, finally completing an extended 
course at the Institute of Technology-, Boston, Mass. 

Returning to New Orleans he was thoroughly pre- 
pared by the advantages he enjoyed to enter a profes- 
sional career, had he so desired, but instead he en- 
tered active commercial life in the famous Godchaux 
establishment and gave h s attention to the upbuild- 
ing of this important New Orleans' establishment. 
In due time Mr. Godchaux became identified with 
the various ramifications of industries and agricul- 
ture established by his father and has aided in en- 
hancing their importance. 

But Mr. Godchaux is not so bound up in business 
that he takes no interest in other issues. To the 
contrary he finds time to devote to fraternal work, to 
society- and any and every measure directed to the 
betterment of state and city. 

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ALBERT GODCHAUX. 

ness, he is fir<t vice-president of the New Orleans 
Progressive Union; he is also president of the God- 
chaux, Shelby & Mioton Co., Insurance Agents, and 
a director in various other important industrial or- 
ganizations. 

He is in full fellowship with the Masonic fraternity, 
a member of the Chivalric Order of Pythias and an 
ardent member of the Elks. Likewise he is President 
of the Harmony Club and interested in and holds 
membership in the Young Men's Hebrew Association, 
the Chess, Checker and Whist Club, and the Young 
Men's Gymnastic Club. 

Mr. Godchaux has a fellow-feeling for all human 
kind; hence he is a valuable member of the various 
Jewish charities whose labor of love include main- 
tenance of the Jewish Orphans' Home and the Touro 
Infirmary. 

Regardless of the multifarious duties of a civic, 
commercial and fraternal character Mr. Godchaux is 
seen at his best within the precincts of his home. 
There on April 4, 1899, he brought his bride nee 
Aline Zodiag, one of the most charming and intel- 
lectual ladies of Shreveport, La. There Love reigns 
supreme; there business aside he enjoys the compan- 
ionship of his intimates. There too in idle moments 
he finds solace in his favorite literature. For he is a 
student by temperament, in the wooing of the muses 
delighting much. 

MR. LEONARD KROWER. 

Among the many gentlemen of New Orleans whose 
zeal and efforts for its progress and prosperity are 
heartily applauded by all good citizens Mr. Leonard 
Krower is justly entitled to the distinction accorded 

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him, not only as a promoter but as an advocate of its 
advantages from every view point. 

Mr. Krower was born in Amsterdam. Holland, on 
February 28, 1855. There he enjoyed splendid educa- 
tional advantag-es. However, attracted to the United 
States by resources and opportunities, he crossed 
the Ocean in his early youth, locating- in New 
York cit}'. There, not many months afterwards he 
enjoyed the emoluments of a lucrative position and 
there he gained the esteem and confidence of new 
made friends. He was the architect of his own for- 
tune; he had nothing to rely upon but his own abil- 
ity; he was inspired with an exalted idea of ho.ior 
—qualifications far better for the beginning of a 
career than wealth. 

New Orleans became his home in 1884. He came di- 
rect to this city from New York where his extensive 
experience with the re- 
nowned Jewelry house, 
Albert Lorsch, equipped 
him for the successes that 
came to him in afteryears 
of earnest application in 
his chosen pursuit. ^ 

Mr. Krower won his way 
in a strange land, unac- 



Whether from the viewpoint of business, fraternal 
or social life Mr. Krower enjoys the esteem of all 
and his course of life, always creditable, has won for 
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quainted with its customs 
and language, by his in- 
dustrj-, application and 
personality. His arrival in 
New Orleans was hailed 
with pleasure by those 
who knew of him and his 
successes as a youth in 
the Great Metropolis. 
It was realized that he 
would prove a valuable 
addition to New Orleans 
and he has sustained his 
record during the years 
that he has been a citizen 
of that city. 

To New Orleans he 
came as we have said in 
1884, and since that 
time he has demonstrat- 
ed that this cit)- was 
his home indeed. His 
successful venture as a 

business man is well-known; furthermore, as he pros- 
pered he exhibited himself a man of fellow-feeling; 
also of generosity and charity. 

Mr. Krower takes an active interest in all communal 
work and his splendid services have been appreciated 
by the Touro Infirmary and Hebrew Benevolent As- 
sociation, the Association for the Relief of Jewish 
Widows and Orphans, the Young Men's Hebrew As- 
sociation, the B'nai B'rith, and last but not least 
Congregation Touro Synagogue, of which he is at 
this writing the honored President. 

In his sphere as a business man Mr. Krower has 
been likewise honored, being a Director of the New 
Orleans Boardof Trade and the Progressive Uni m. He 
is also a valued member of several of the prominent 
social organizations including the Harmony Club, 
the Southern Athletic Club and others of equal note. 




MR. HENRY STERN. 

Among the unselfish, earnest workers for the 
cause of Judaism and for those grandest of Jew- 
ish charitable manifestations, the care and educa- 
tion of the orphaned, the comfort of the needy, 
and ministering to the sick and suffering, Mr. 
Henry Stern occupies a deserved and conspicuous 
place in the esteem of all. 

Mr. Stern was born in Albersweiler. Germany, on 
February 18th, 1831, and after receiving a thorough 

schooling in the father- 
land, so as to be equipped 
to face the realities of 
■|!. life, he sought a home in 

'"%. the United States, finally 

settling in New Orleans, 
on the 20th of January, 
1851. 

His training in youth 
was such as to interest 
him in commercial pur- 
suits and he at once iden- 
tified himself with trade 
soon building up a Mer- 
cantile establishment of 
note. 

On December b, 1860, 

he wedded Miss Annette 
Newman. Their marital 
bliss has been unmarred 
by the faintest shadow 
and in the happiness and 
prosperity of children 
and grand children they 
live "Life's young 
dream" of happiness oe'r 
and oe'r again. Mr. 
Stern tho' over sixty 
is alert and active, pre- 
siding over a well es- 
tablished business found- 
ed by him years ago and 
known as Henry Stern & 
Co., Wholesale Boots and 
Shoes, New Orleans, La., and Boston, Mass. But 
Mr. Stern has also had time to devote to the cause 
of humanity, whether it be that of the fraternities 
he is associated with— for he is a Mason, B'nai B'rith, 
Knights of Pythias and other noted secret societies 
wherein he has been repeatedly honored with posi- 
tions of trust— or those magnificent Institutions the 
Touro Infirmary, Jewish Orphans Home and Temple 
Sinai. In the noted Jewish charities of New Orleans, 
Mr. Stern has invariably taken a prominent part and 
during many consecutive years (extending be- 
yond a generation) has been Treasurer of sev- 
eral. Whether in a social, commercial or 
charitable affairs, Mr. Stern is always noted 
for his avoidance of display, being "a plain, blunt 
man" faithful, earnest, a good citizen and a con- 
scientious Israelite. 

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Aiiioii}^- the earnest, consistent ;ni<l wdilliy f^fiitlc- 
men, wlio in their advanced a<je not only witness tlie 
realization of their aspirations, ambitions and hoi)es, 
but are as well exemplars for the youn<jfer men is Mr. 
Simon Ginnbel, whose business qualities and ener^-y 
successfully accomplished his ideals and placed him 
in the ranks of prominent factors and promoters. 

His successes are a demonstration of tlie fact that 
application and honesty of purpose are equal to casli 
capital if properly applied and he is also one of the 
many who begfan a career that led to Fortune's 
heifj'hts a poor, friendless youth. 

Mr. (kimbel was horn in that ex((uisite section of 
Bavaria, (Germany, bordering- on the Khine in IS.^2, 
attaining- the rucliments of an education in the (Ger- 
man lang^uag-e in his native land. At the af^-e of six- 
teen he left the parental roof to seek a livelihood in 
the Land beyond the Sea, 
and amonof the arrivals from 
Europe on May Id, 1S4S, was 
Mr. Gumbel. He lost no 
time in embarkinjr in bus- 
iness and a few weeks af- 
terwards was touriiif^- the 
river parishes in the modest 
caj)acity of a vendor of mer- 
chandise. He followed this 
business for two years and 
finally opened a small estab- 
lishment amon^ friends. 

With his coming- to New 
Orleans in 18(>4 Mr. Gum- 
bel assumed an honored po- 
sition in Jewish communal 
and charitable circles. By 
disposition modest and re- 
tiring- he has never been 
conspicuous before the pub- 
lic but the various Asso- 
ciations in which he has 
held membership . for up- 
•wards of forty years have 
protitted by his advice and 
unassuming work on com- 
mittees. He was elected Treasurer of the Associa- 
tion for the Relief of Jewish Widows' and Orphans 
and has been his own successor, his administration 
of the finances proving most efficient. 

An incident of his association with the manage- 
ment of the Jewish Orphans' Home is well worthy a 
place in the record of gracious deeds of charity cred- 
ited to Jews of Louisiana. Mr. (iumbel no doubt de- 
sired to demonstrate his interest in the inmates of 
the Jewish Home. They had every advantage of 
education and were cared for even when they left the 
"Home." The inspiration came to him on the occa- 
sion of a "joyful event" in his family and in honor of 
the marriag-e of a daug^hter he created a "Dower 
Fund," donating $5,000, and thereafter every girl 
of the institution who married or will marry received 

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or will receive a hundred dollars for the jntrpose of 
purchasing her bridal trousseau No more beautiful 
idea than this had been conceived by friends and pa- 
trons of the Jewish Orphans' Home and the "Simon 
(lumbel l<\ind" will be a m nument to its founder for 
all time to come. 




SIMON GUHBEL 



I^ittle by little the modest enterprise of Mr. Gum- 
bel grew in proportion and within ten years he was 
fortunate in having a well established and lucrative 
business. His business aptitu<le and enterprise re- 
cognized the necessity of promoting industries and, 
in 1859, he was the first man to build and conduct a 
cotton seed oil mill with great success an<l advantag-e 
to the Parish until the breaking- out of the Civil War. 

The CJonfederacy had an earnest sympathizer in 
Mr. Gumbel who proved of invaluable service to the 
"Lost Cause" for he placed at the disposal of the Con- 
federates a steamboat he owned, and others he was 

interested in, which were 
utililized as transports. 

Mr. Gumbel moved to 
New Orleans in 18f)4. There 
he embarked in the whole- 
sale notion business and 
conducted this special line 
of merchandizing- success- 
fully until 1873 when he 
disposed of his interest to 
enter the Cotton and Com- 
mission business founding 
the well-known house, S. 
Gumbel & ("o., of which he 
is to-day the senior and as 
active in business circles 
as he was when on May 
If), 1848, he first stepped on 
Louisiana soil. While de- 
voting his attention to the 
affairs of the prominent 
house he founded over a 
score of years ago Mr. 
Gumbel is interested in 
other important industrial 
interests, conspicuous 
among- these Louisiana's 
most important one, the cultivation and milling of 
rice, being- not only a promoter of rice mills but the 
owner of valuable tracts of rice lands. 

When the Provident Aid Society was projected Mr. 
(Tumbel was enrolled among the donors to the fund 
which created this most comprehensive and useful 
charity and since its formation has been its Treas- 
urer. He is an active member of the Y. M. H. A., 
the B'nai B'rith and the Harmony Club all of which 
he has served officially. 

Within the precincts of his palatial home are his 
jewels, wife and children and daughters and sons, 
daughters-in-law and sons-in-law cast in the self 
same would as the honored subject of this sketch, 
strive out of love for human kind to bring joys into 
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MR. GABRIEL KAHN. 

A familiar and respected name, not among- Jews 
onl}', but to all old residents of New Orleans, is that 
of "Gabe" Kahn, a shortening- indicating- friendly 
feeling and appreciation, not disrespect. Mr. Kahn 
is well-known on 'Change to which, altho' now past 
three score and ten he still resorts, rather from force 
of habit however than necessity, for both his son and 
grandson are associated with him in business. 

Mr. Kahn was born in Rodalben, Rheinpfalz, Ger- 
many. He attended school there, and having fin- 
ished his course, embarked in 1851 on a sailing- ves- 
sel for America. He was then about twenty years 
old. He sailed from Havre, France, and arrived in 
New Orleans in January, 1852. He has lived in 
Louisiana ever since, except 
when serving with the 
Confederate arms in the Old 
Dominion. Before the war he 
was engaged in g-eneral mer- 
chandising in the country. He 
embarked in his present line, 
the cotton pickery business, 
some thirty-seven years ago. 

Mr. Kahn has been connect- 
ed at one time or other with 
all the Jewish charitable as- 
sociations of the city. He 
has been a director of Touro 
Infirmary. He is president of 
the Jewish Widows' and Or- 
phans' Home; has held that 
office in fact for the past 
twelve years; and it is worthy 
of note that it was during 
his administration that the 
long cherished plan for a 

manual training school for the orphans and others 
was brought to a successful issue. He is president 
of that institution by virtue of his office as president 
of the Orphans Home, i. e., the Isidore Newman 
Manual Training School, endowed by the Jewish 
banker whose name it bears, which school, at this 
writing, is built and just about to be occupied. 

Mr. Kahn was a contributing member to the above 
named organizations for years before he held an of- 
fice. Aside from these he belongs to the Jewish Pub- 
lication Society, the Masons, the Knights of Pythias, 
the Free Sons of Israel, and the Order of the B'nai 
B'rith of which he was at one time Grand President. 
He is a charter member of Temple Sinai and for 
many years was on its Board of Directors. He is also 



president of the John J. Brown Memorial Associa- 
tion, which every year gives the orphans of New Or- 
leans irrespective of creed, a steamboat outing and 
pic-nic at one of the nearby plantations. 




GABRIEL 



HON. NAT STRAUSS. 

At the time New Orleans was selected as the Dis- 
trict seat and headquarters for No. 7, I. O. B B , in 
1890. Hon. Nat Strauss long a prominent working 
member of the Order was chosen to the position of 
Grand Secretary (and in that capacity its Executive 
officer) and has been continued in the office ever since. 
"Mr. Strauss,'' says an account of the Order from 
which we draw our facts, "it is generally conceded, 
is the man for the place. He 
is a man of distinct personal- 
ity, of marked character, popu- 
lar, talented, a man of discern- 
ment and tact." His portrait 
is presented on another page 
of this book along with a 
sketch of the Order itself. 

Mr. Strauss was born in 
Alsace when it was French 
territory, like so many other 
prominent Israelites of this 
part of the country. He came 
to New Orleans before the 
war, in his early manhood, 
and has had many a change 
and experience since then. 
From this city he moved to 
Mobile, and there eventually 
married. His wife was a help- 
KAHN. mate indeed, and was almost 

as well known in the Ladies' 
Auxiliary as he in his sphere. She died in 1899. 

At Mobile Mr. Strauss enlisted for the Civil war 
under the stars and bars and saw active service, 
there, some 3'ears after he was elected to the Ala- 
bama Legislature. Here he distinguished himself as 
a leader, law maker and debater. His connection 
with the Order of B'nai B'rith began very many 
years ago, and he had been long prominent in its 
councils when he was chosen to succeed the lamented 
Ulman, in the post he holds. He represents it on the 
Board of the Jewish Widows and Orphans Home. 
Naturally, with his affiliations, he is a pillar of 
the faith, and a stout champion of every cause 
for the well being and up lifting of the Jewish 
people. 



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MR. M. HEIDENHEIM. 

One of the fathers in Israel, one of the elders in the 
faith, is our subject; truly an exemplar, during a long- 
residence and honorable career of all that is good in 
it; a man highly respected by all who know him both 
Christian and Jew. 

Mr. Heidenheim is now going on four score. He 
came to New Orleans fifty-seven years ago. For 
nearly fifty years he was engaged in business at Jack- 
son avenue and the Levee, a quarter once the scene of 
busy traffic, tho' now, with the changes that have 
come over the water front, sensibly declined. He 
was successful there, but for some years has been 
retired. 

It is a half century now fully since Mr. Heiden- 
heim identified himself with the Jackson Avenue 
Congregation, Gates of Prayer. He was one of the 
founders of the old Shtc/e in Lafayette, as this por- 
tion of the city was formerly known. He was secre- 
tary of the Congregation, and afterward its treasurer, 
and for nearly thirty years he has been its president. 

He has taken a deep and continuous interest in the 
Jewish Orphans Home; in fact was one of the first 
respondents to the call which, in 1853, resulted in its 
establishment. 

Touro likewise has received his patronage and as- 
sistance from its inception. His interest indeed has 
been readily enlisted in ever}' Jewish philanthropy. 

So now, surviving to a green old age, through the 
many vicissitudes of life peculiar to the Crescent 
City, through flood and pestilence, war and panic; 
he has lived to behold in Israel a wonderful progress 
and development. Where in 1847, when he landed, 
there was but a handful of his co-religionists there 
are now thousands, among them many of the weal- 
thiest and most influential i itizens of New Orleans. 
Where there were but an altar or two in primitive 
houses of worship, now there are magnificent tem- 
ples; not to speak of those flourishing charitable in- 
stitution which, in large measure are the pride of the 
race, particularly gratifying to those who, like him- 
self, ministered at their foundation. 



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niCHEL HEYMANN. 

Mr. Heidenheim is fortunate in another respect, 
his sons following in his footsteps. One of them, 
August has been vice-president of the Y. M. H. A. 
for a long term and another likewise a director. 

MR. MICHEL HEYMANN. 

A man held in the highest esteem by the Jewish 
residents of New Orleans and IvOuisiana is Michel 
Heymann, Superintendent of the Jewish Widows' and 
Orphans' Home, an institution of which they are 
justly proud. His management of this institution 
has been much commended; it is indeed regarded gen- 
erally the model of what such an institution shouldbe. 

He has presided over it for jears. and his adminis- 
tration has been such as to earn him the name of the 
"father of the orphans." It is a truly paternal gov- 
ernment which he exercises, and as a father he is 
obeyed and beloved by the inmates of the Home one 
and all. 

The right man in the right place he is reg rded. 
And not merely as an efficient administrator for he is 
more, a scholarly man, a writer and speaker, to whose 
abilities recognition is fr ely accorded. 

Mr. Heymann is Secretary of the Charity Organi- 
zation Society; in fact it originated with him in 1897. 
He has been president of the Board of Prisons and 
Asylums of the State, and is a member of the Board 
of Free Kindergartens of New Orleans One of the 
free kindergartens of the city is named in compli- 
ment to him. He has been a delegate to the Inter- 
national Prisnn Conference, Brussels, repesenting 
the United States; also to the International Charity 
Conference of the Paris Exposition last held. For 
that Exposition he prepared a special exhibit of the 
Home over which he presides, showing its develop- 
ment and condition; a work that attracted much at- 
tention as an illustration of American, as well as 
Jewish social status. A broad minded man of philan- 
thropic spirit, it is a labor of love with him to further 
the advancement, not only of this institution and his 
own people, but humanity of every sort. 



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HON. ISAIAH D. MOORE. 

For every material fact there is an explanation; 
every circumstance has its reason and cause Tho' 
biography and not controversy is our province we 
may ask: Is it strange that, among- the crowd of 
professional men which New Orleans can muster so 
many of, the most noted are Jews? 

Reflection answers, not at all. Does not history 
tell us how, even in the dark ag-es oi Christanity, 
who were the conservators of the learningf and science 
of preceding civilization, the leaders, the scholars, 
the sages of the times ? And why not now in an age 
of enlightenment, progress and freedom of speech 
action and conscience, this new intellectual blossom- 
ing and fruitage of the race which we plainly behold? 

True it is, at all events that here — as elsewhere 
also has been remarked — the distinguished lawyers, 
doctors and scientists of this faith, bear a strangely 
large proportion to the professional body as a whole. 
Of particular examples many 
might be cited, our subject. 
Judge Moore, for one. 

Judge Moore is a member 
of the Court of Appeals of 
the State, sitting at New 
Orleans, and is not only one 
of the most prominent mem- 
bers of his race in Louisi- 
ana, but one of the most 
eminent members of the bar. 
He has figured much in pub- 
lic life in the Pelican State, 
as one of the supervisors of 
the Louisiana State Univer- 
sity and Agricultural and 
Mechanical College; as 
Mayor of Thibodaux, one of 
the most thriving towns of 
the State; as Colonel and 
Aid de Camp on the Gover- 
nors Staff; as presidential 
elector, 1884; and delegate 
to the Constitutional Con- 
ventions of 1879 and 1898. 
He has represented the State 
upon several occasions in 
inter-state conventions and 
assemblies; also notably in 
,the Louisiana Purchase 
Convention of 1899. In 

the Constitutional Conventions especially was he an 
active and valued member. He was Chairman of the 
Committee on Limitations in the first named (1879) 
and was in charge of the suffrage ordinance in the 
other, that of 1898. 

Judge Moore was born in the British West Indies 
in 1846. He came here however, quite young. He 
was educated at the University of Louisiana and at 
St. Marks and was admitted to the bar in 1866. He 
was mayor of Thibodaux ten years and came here to 
enjov the wider field the city affords for a man of 
talents and activity. He was of Lazarus, Moore & 
Luce, one of the principal law firms here before his 
elevation to the bench. As judge his reputation, 
both for ability and fairness is high. 

Judge Moore has long been an active and influen- 
tial member of the Democratic party. He was a mem- 
ber of the Democratic State Committee for fifteen 




years and still ranks high in the councils of the 
party. He is a leading member of the Harmony 
Club; in fact, as mentioned in the sketch of that in- 
stitution, was long its president, and guiding spirit. 
Chiefly through his labors was it housed in a club 
house which is perhaps the finest in all the South. 
He is a participant in the charitable and philan- 
thropic movements of his people and firm in the 
faith A foremost representative, in short, of the 
culture, ability and integrity, the highest and best in 
the stock from which he is sprung. 

The Judge has always been a true blue advocate 
and champion of Democracy. He has served his party 
long and faithfully; his character and record have 
been such as to inspire confidence. He is still in his 
prime; and it is not too much to expect that in the 
future, further honors await him, and at the hands 
of the good people of the Crescent City and Pelican 

State. His career hitherto 
augurs well for further 
preferment. 



HON. ISAIAH D. MOORE 



JAC. TRAUTMAN. 

Jewish names figure numer- 
ously — need we say conspicu- 
ously also— in the commerce 
of New Orleans, more es- 
pecially the finance and cot- 
ton trade of the place; Jew- 
ish lawyers stand high at 
the bar; Jewish doctors are 
at the head of the great 
hospitals of the city; Jewish 
politicians, like Benjamin, 
Jonas and Kruttschnitt have 
led in the legislation and 
public affairs of the State; 
many are the old family 
names in city and parishes 
thatcan readily be identified 
as of this s ock. Has not 
the character and capacity 
of the adherents of this 
ancient creed been amply 
certified? 

The name of Trautman 
is well known here, and has 
been for a matter of fifty 
years or more, particularly 
in a business way as one of character and standing. 
It distinguishes at the present time a leading house 
in the grain and feed line, Jac. Trautman & Co., a 
firm prominently identified through its business with 
the New Orleans Board of Trade. 

Of this firm Mr. Jac. Trautman, subject of our 
sketch, is the senior member. He was born and 
brought up here, went to school here, married here, 
in early manhood, and as the father of a family all 
born here, may be truly considered to have given this 
city as Bacon has it, ample "hostages to fortune." 

Mr Trautman. true to his bringing up observes the 
tenets of the ancient faith of Israel. He is identified 
by membership with the principal Jewish social and 
charitable bodies of the city, and a regular contribu- 
tor to their support. None worthier to be enrolled, 
indeed, in this collection of biographies of the repre- 
sentative Israelites of the Ciiy and State. 



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MR. JOSEPH KOHN. 

This g:entleman is distingfuished in the business 
world, in civic service and in Jewish institutional 
affairs. He has passed the greater part of his life 
here; he is very well-known; of him it can truly be 
said, that whether in business, social or public con- 
cerns, he commands the respect, confidence and es- 
teem of all who have come in contact with him. 

Mr. Kohn is of Kohn, Weil & Co., (formerly Simon 
& Kohn) wholesale hats, Canal street, a house estab- 
lished in 1868. He is German born but came to this 
country in his youth, settling- first at Indianapolis. 
Thence he went to Baton Rouge. During the war he 
served with the engineers in the camps of the con- 
federacy. After the war 
he settled here. 

His first employment 
was as book-keeper in the 
house of which he is now 
the head. He rose in a 
little while to a partner- 
ship. The house has 
long held a leading posi- 
tion in the trade and is 
one of the most substan- 
tial in New Orleans. 

For eight years he was 
a member of the State 
Board of Health. He was 
chairman of the combined 
committee of the Ex- 
changes of the city for 
Sanitation at the time of 
the last outbreak of yel- 
low fever. His work in 
behalf of the community 
at this trying time, was 
appreciated. His appoint- 
ment to the School Board JOS. KOHN 
subsequently maybe taken 
as a recognition of his capacity. 

Mr. Kohn stands high among his co-religionists. 
He is ex-president of the Harmony Club. For six- 
teen years he was a director of the Jewish Widows' 
and Orphans' Home, serving as chairman of its 
finance committee. He was the secretary of the old 
Hebrew Educational Society. He is a member of 
Temple Sinai, of the Young Men's Hebrew Associa- 
tion and other Jewish organiiiations, and active in all 
of them. A man of weight, in short, among his people. 

Mr. Kohn is unmarried. But he maintains the 
home tie along with his nephews and nieces As to 
his disposition and character the interest he has dis- 
closed in the schools and the orphans speaks volumes. 
He is a man of culture and refinement, in manners a 
thorough gentleman at all times and everywhere, a 
charitable man, observing naturally the injunction, 
"let not thy left hand know what the right giveth." 




REV. JULIUS BRAUNFELD. 
Temple Sinai has oft resounded during the past ten 
years to the magnificent vocal execution of the dis- 
tinguished Cantor, the Rev. Julius Braunfeld, the 
magnificent baritone whose artistic temperament and 
splendid musical ability have contributed to the crea- 
tion of a high standard in synagogal music. 

This grand cantor was born in Sajo-Szeutpeter, 
Hungary, on July 17, 1863, He is the lineal descen- 
dant of a most prominent European family, who for 
many generations have been numbered among the 
foremost of musician-*, composers and Cantors. 

Besides a thorough gymnasium and college educa- 
tion, Cantor Braunfeld enjoyed the facilities of a 
thorough musical and vocal training under instruc- 
tion of the most noted professors of Austria. 

Following the time honored European custom of 
the young men who fit themselves for the hon- 
ored calling of Cantor, 
Mr. Braunfeld began his 
career, after being thor- 
oughly versed in music as 
a singer in Temple choirs. 
His ability and mastery 
of the Art soon gained 
him deserved promotion 
first as director and later 
as Assistant Cantor. 

His splendid voice and 
musical ability attracted 
public attention and he 
was persuaded to forego 
his intention to devote 
his efforts to the profes- 
sion of Cantor and accept 
a position as "First Bary- 
tone in Grand Opera." 
However his success on 
the Lyric stage, his crea- 
tion of roles, the compli- 
ments of royalty and pop- 
ular applause all failed to 
woo him from his first 
love; and, though both 
fortune and fame smiled 
upon him, he turned from 
what promised to be Oper- 
atic career to resume his 
duty to himself and to Ju- 
daism once more as Cantor. 
So after serving prominent European congregations 
as Cantor for some time he concluded to seek new op- 
portunities in the United States. From his arrival 
on American soil he found his metier and rising day 
by day in reputation has achieved a place among the 
first and foremost of the noted Cantors of this country. 
He came to New Orleans ten years ago, personally 
an utter stranger, though preceded of course by his 
name and fame as a scholar and Cantor. His initial 
hearing in Temple Sinai won all hearts. How he 
lifts the soul indeed to the Throne of Grace with his 
spirit-stirring vocalization! 

His home life is the ideal life of an artist, it is 
most delightful, and in his wife he has one worthy 
the term of helpmeet. For family he has a dutiful son 
and bright daughter. A charming home, particu- 
larly to all imbued with a love of the Art of which 
he is master. 



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MR. LEOPOLD LEVY. 

Application, energ-y and tact have proven to be the 
road to success as far as Mr. Leopold Levy of New 
Orleans is concerned. For these attributes must 
have assuredly been the incentives in every 
effort of his commercial and social career, g-ainingf 
for him, after years of arduous labor in the con- 
duct of business a name which is the equivalent of 
genuine probit)'. 

The subject of this sketch was born in Saar Louis, a 
beautiful little city in the heart of Alsace-Lorraine, 
on February 26, 1849. After receiving- a scholarly 
education, though barely in his teens, he sought em- 
ployment in his birth place and began his business 
career. A few years afterwards he came to New Or- 
leans and though yet a youth, 
soon attracted the attention 
of representative business men 
by his invariable courtesy and 
application to his work. For 
the first few years of his resi- 
dence in the Crescent City he 
found employment in the most 
noted commercial houses of the 
city. By and by having saved up 
the capital, Mr. Levy established 
himself in an unpretentious bus- 
iness on his own account which, 
gradually, by dint of strict per- 
sonal attention has assumed the 
proportions and the reputation of 
being the most important, in the 
line, in the Southern States. His 
successful venture, the creation 
of his own efforts, by years 
of arduous application to en- 
sure its success, has not chang- 
ed in the least a disposition 
and manner distinctively genial 
and sunny; for, while a cas- 
ual acquaintance or indifferent 
spectator may regard Mr. Levy 
as a strict disciplinarian or en- 
grossed at all times with business, those who know 
him are well aware that like the character of the 
poet — kindliness and good humor are his in large 
degree. 

His magnificent business interests and his efforts 
to attain prestige in the special line he has devoted 
himself to, his love of Art accentuating this lauda- 
ble project, has in no wise interfered with his per- 
sonal service for the poor and distressed. Masonry 
finds in him a devoted craftsman, for he wooed its 
captivating mysteries in the ardour of young manhood 
and in its theoretical application to the real and 
tangible in Life he finds much delight. He is like- 
wise an ardent member of various modern fraternities, 
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LEOPOLD LEVY 



ing the advantages of fraternities when directed to 
the amelioration of distress and care for the widow- 
ed and orphaned. While not, to use the hackneyed 
expression a "clubman," Mr. Levy is nevertheless an 
influential member of the Young Men's Hebrew As- 
sociation and the Harmony Club. Both of these well- 
known clubs, have shown their appreciation of his 
abilities by bestowing honors, upon him. He has 
been president of the Young Men's Hebrew Associa- 
tion, which during his regime, profitted much by 
his executive ability. 

In the Congregation Gates of Prayer— the Jackson 
Avenue Synagogue— has he centred an affection 
too profound to be gauged by words. Within its 
sacred precincts loved parents — long since numbered 
with the sainted dead— worshipp- 
ed according to the tenets in 
which they had been reared. 
Within its precincts he had as- 
sumed his right to a place in 
the council of professors of Ju- 
daism. So, in after years he 
has served the Congregation in 
many capacities of honor, hav- 
ing been repeatedly chosen as its 
president. Under his guidance 
the Jackson Avenue Synagogue 
has become an honored and most 
useful factor in communal work. 
He has been identified with the 
Jewish Orphans' Home and the 
Touro Infirmary for years, al- 
ways yielding ungrudgingly of 
his time and means to aid these 
glorious benefactions. 

In 1881 he wedded Miss Ophelia 
Bruenn, a talented and most 
estimable lady, and native of 
New Orleans. So, to-day, in the 
vigor of manhood, enjoying the 
fruits of his own handiwork, he 
is surrounded by a loving family 
and all the concommitants of an ideal home. Mr. 
Levy is justly entitled to all the esteem extended 
him for he has demonstrated what can be accom- 
plished by capacity, rectitude and untiring appli- 
cation. 

And it is not alone among the people of his faith 
that Mr. Levy's qualities of heart and mind are ap- 
preciated; Christian and Jew alike esteem his inva- 
riable courtesy and upright character. He is proud 
of the city in which, despite many obstacles, he has 
made his way, and is very public spirited; a liberal 
contributor in fact to funds for all public purposes. 
And while eschewing politics he is still deeply in- 
terested in the growth and march of New Orleans the 
city of his home and hope. 



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MR. CHARLES ROSEN. 

This gentleman is one of the most conspicuous of 
the 3-ounger members of the New Orleans bar. He 
has already built up a lucrative practice. He was 
formerly a member of the firm of Florance & Rosen 
and his services as a public speaker are in general 
demand. His merit and ability certainly commend 
him for mention among the representative men of the 
Jewish race in New Orleans. 

Mr. Rosen is a native of the State. He was born in 
Bayou Sara in 1872, which makes him 32 this year. 
He acquired the educational rudiments in the place of 
birth and was then sent to an academy at Port Gib- 
son, Miss., nearby. That was in '86-87. He thus 
secured one of four scholarships for Tulane. The 
next year, '88, he led his 
class and won the class 
scholarship the next year. 
On graduation four years 
later with the B. A. de- 
gree, he was one of the 
four commended by the 
authorities for "special 
distinction" and was one 
of the commencement ora- 
tors as well. 

During his college 
course Mr. Rosen was an 
acknowledged leader 
among the debaters of 
the college literarj' soci- 
ety, the Glendy Burke, 
and was editor and man- 
ager of the College Mag- 
azine, the Tulane "Colle- 
gian." He won the Glendy 
Burke Societ}' medal with 
his essay on the "Dram- 
atic Unities," and the 
Judah Touro historical 
medal with two theses, 

viz: "The Life and Character of Philip of Macedon" 
and the "Life and Times of Mithridates. His essay 
"The Rise, Influence and Decline of Chivalry" won 
the Glendy Burke English Essay Medal of '91 and 
was the onh' one the Faculty considered worthy this 
established reward in six years. 

Mr. Rosen began the study of law upon gradu tion 
in 1892 meantime instructing private classes and as- 
sisting in the Tulane Summer School. He was vale- 
dictorian of his law class. 

As a lecturer he is highly popular. His talents are 
eminently oratorical and literary. His address to 
the B'nai B'rith of Montgomery, Ala., on the subject 
"The Position of the American Jewish Youth to- 
day" has been repeated before other bodies by request 



several times. He is regarded by many one of the 
coming men of the profession he has taken up, the 
exceptional brilliancy of his attainments and career 
hitherto auguring for him an uncommon measure of 
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DR. GEORGE KREEGER. 

Of the younger medical men of New Orleans, Dr. 
George Kreeger has been one of the most successful, 
very likel}' because he was one of the best prepared 
when he started to practice He had received an ex- 
cellent yenernl education and was a graduate of Tu- 
lane University when he took the special course of 
that institution preparatory to the study of medicine. 

After serving a year as 
resident student in Touro 
Infirmary, a position only 
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petitive examination he 
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tho' fully qua'ified then 
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ther and thus thoroughly 
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ingly he went abroad and 
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medical institutions of 
Paris, Vienna and London 
so that on his return to 
this his native city, ten 
years or so ago, patron- 
age and reputation rapid- 
ly came to him. His skill 
particularly in his spec- 
ialty diseases of the skin 
is known, and his success 
as we have intimated is 
marked. 

Dr. Kreeger has been a 
member of the Young 
Men's Hebrew Associa- 
tion for many years. He has also been a director of 
it. rie is a contributor to the Jewish charities and an 
observer of Jewish tenets. He married in 1896, Miss 
Delia Straus of Columbus, Ga. 



MR. JOS. L. CAIN. 
Mr. Cain is the son of L B. Cain, one of the organ- 
izers and first president of Touro Infirmary. He is a 
merchant of prominence in the wholesale grocery line, 
a partner in the house of Lazare Levy & Co. He is a 
native of the city, brought up and educated here, and 
a consistent and conscientious supporter of Jewish 
doctrine. In many of the good works of his people 
he is an active participant, Touro Infirmary and the 
Orphans Home especially. Particularly is he inter- 
ested in the Y. M. H. A., of which institution he has 
been a director. 



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DR. A. L. METZ. 

It is something- surel3\ to have reached a well- 
merited distinction in earlj- manhood; to be known 
far and wide as a chemist of the first order, and con- 
sulted as to important cases from all parts of the 
country. To have attained prominence as a patho- 
logist and success as a specialist in medical practice. 

This is the record of our subject; yet not all in- 
deed, with which he is to be credited. For he has 
risen to this rank and reputation alone and unaided. 
"To Dr. Metz," says a sketch of him, from which we 
may quote, "is truly a self-made man. His early life 
was one of hardship. It was in fact a struggle for 
subsistence. No one knows what sacrifices he was 
obliged to make. Happily for him he was endowed, 
not only with a vigorous intellect but with that pluck 
which will not down. In- 
domitable is the word 
best applicable to his 
character. This is high 
praise but well deserved. 

Dr. Metz is just turn- 
ing 40. He is a graduate 
of the New York College 
of Pharmacy and has the 
degrees of both the phar- 
maceutical and medical 
departments of Tulane. 
He has been chemist for 
the city of New Orleans, 
and for the State Board 
of Health of Louisiana. 
He had achieved reputa- 
tion as a chemist before 
he was 30. His services 
were in demand both pri- 
vately and publicly. He 
was called into the inves- 
tigation of important 
criminal cases, of poison- 
ing cases, often, for ex- 
ample. In his specialty, stomach trouble, he is a 
leading medico of the cit}-. His success in his chosen 
field was crowned when he was chosen Professor of 
practical chemistry in Tulane University, one of the 
most important institutions of learning in the South. 
And with such an indefatigable worker, still in the 
noontide of his powers, it is unlikely that he has yet 
reached the summit of his career. 

Dr. Metz has achieved a considerable measure of 
material as well as professional prosperit}'. He is 
happily married, his wife being Miss Cicely Marx of 
a well-known New Orleans family. His home is in 
Rosa Park in the fashionable up-town residence quar- 
ter of the city. 




MR. LAZARE LEVY. 
Mr. Levy is of Lazare Levy & Co., wholesale 
grocers of 410 Tchoupitoulas street, a line in which he 
has been engaged here since 1888. He is the Treasurer 
of the Harmony Club of New Orleans, the "swell" 
club of the Jewish residents. He is also well-known 
in the New Orleans Board of Trade; is a director of 
it in fact. He is a contributing member of Touro 
Infirmary and the Jewish Orphans' Home. He also 
belongs to the I. O. B. B , and the local young Men's 
Hebrew Association. 

Mr. Levy is a man of middle age, born in Stras- 
bourg, (Alsace), in the old French days, but came to 
this country still a youth. Here his first commercial 
experience was as clerk in a general store in Opelou- 
sas, St. Landry Parish, La. From the country he 

graduated, like so many 
of our successful men of 
affairs, into the whole- 
sale business of the city. 
Needless to say he has 
been highly successful. 

Mr. Levy's personal 
popularity is indicated in 
the official positions he 
holds, and so also is il- 
71 lustrated in great meas- 

ure the estimation in 
which his business abil- 
ities are held. Christian 
and Jew alike we see re- 
spect him, which is some- 
thing certainly to be 
proud of. Mr. Levy is 
married, has a family and 
lives and dispenses hos- 
pitality to his friends in 
one of the fine homes of 
the old Garden district 
of the city. 



DM. A. L. HETZ 



JOSEPH W. MOSES. 



Mr. Moses is one of 
the younger element of 
business men of the Cres- 
cent City. He is still on 
the sunny side of forty, and generally known as a 
member of the wholesale and importing crockery 
firm, Abe Mayer & Co., 530 Common street a leader 
in its line. 

He is a New Orleans man by birth, raising and 
schooling. He began first as clerk with Katz & Bar- 
nett in the notions business and remained with that 
house about two years. Since then (about fifteen 
years) he has been in crockery. 

Mr. Moses devotes himself largely to business. So- 
cial duties occupy but little of his leisure. He is 
however a member of the Masonic Order, and of the 
Harmony Club, the club of the elite of the Jewish 
residents, maintaining what is unquestionably the 
most sumptuous and richly appointed club-house of 
the city. He is also a contributor to the Jewish 
charities and a staunch supporter, we need scarcely 
add, of the institutions and faith of his fathers. 



— Ill 



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MR. HARTWIG MOSS. 

Among the more substantial and successful busi- 
ness men of the Jewish faith in New Orleans, we count 
as distinctly representative the subject of this sketch. 
Mr. Moss is a leading- insurance man He is of Jan- 
vier & Moss, Ltd., prominent as General Agents for 
leading companies. 

Mr. Moss was born a little more than half a century 
ago in the little German village of Randegger. At 
eighteen, in 1869, having finished his education he 
embarked for New York. Here he started to earn a 
livelihood and remained about a year. Then he came 
South. 

The _year 1870 found him in North Louisiana, en- 
gaged in planting. There he remained for some 
time, and until he accepted the place of confidential 
man for the cotton house of V. & A. Meyer & Co., 
with whom he remained until the firm went out of 
existence. Then he went into the insurance office of 
Ferd. Marks, remaining five years and thorough]}- 
mastered the business. Then he started on his own 
account in the partnership with Mr. Janvier. 

Fortune has smiled on Mr. Moss in business; like- 
wise in his domestic affairs. He has been happily 
married for man}' years. His wife was Miss Rosa 
Rose of Memphis. They have an interesting family. 
Mr. Moss is a subscriber to all the Jewish charities. 
He takes an especially active interest in the Young 
Men's Hebrew Association of which he is a member. 






HARTWIQ MOSS. 



CHARLES SIMON. 

MR. CHARLES SIMON. 

Words of encomium surely are those in which a 
certain Jewish journal speaks of our present subject. 
Mr. Charles Simon, formerly a merchant of the city 
of New Orleans, now retired. "A life" it says of 
him, "well spent; a life of honorable industry, of vir- 
tue and benevolence — such a life as should be a source 
of sincere satisfaction to any one." 

Mr. Simon has been a resident and business man of 
New Orleans the greater part of his life. He was 
engaged for many years in the wholesale millinery 
business with his brother, Mr. Joseph Simon and 
brother-in-law Mr. Jos. Kohn, as Simon & Kohn, 
later Kohn, Weil & Co. He retired in 1898 at the 
age of seventy, feeling that he had earned a respite; 
from business cares. 

Mr. Simon was at one time president of Touro In- 
firmary. His relations with that institution have 
always been intimate, so that he feels a personal 
pride and satisfaction in the work it takes among 
hospitals of the country He has also been identified 
in official capacities with the management of the 
Jewish Widows' and Orphans' Home, and much of its 
development may be credited to his labors in its be- 
half. The children have always found in him a true 
friend. 

Mr. Simon believes in the fraternal idea, and is a 
member of the I. O. B. B. From social affairs of a 
public nature Mr. Simon has withdrawn; confining 
himself to the home circle. Herein he is happily 
situated; fortunate in the affection and devotion of a 
family of several daughters and sons. 



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Fixtures or any Cabinet Work. I will call on you 
personally and give you prices that will convince you 
that I MEAN WHAT I SAY. 

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THE 

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point full toned and artistic, 
known for their great 
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MR. MANFKED MEYER. 

To the business world of New Orleans and tribu- 
taries, this g-entleman is well and widely known, as a 
member of the firm of Landauer & Meyer, wholesale 
hats, caps, trunks, rubber g'oods, etc., 422 and 424 
Canal street, a house established twenty years ag-o, 
and also, as the Secretary and Treas. jr of the J. 
Rosenberg- Co., Ltd., fancy g-oods, notions and novel- 
ties, etc., at 827 Canal street. 

His name and works are likewise familiar to his 
co-relig-ionists of the city and surroundings, among 
whom he is conspicuous as a member of Temple Sinai, 
as member and ex-president of the Young Men's He- 
brew Association; member of the Order of B'nai B'rith, 
and a generous supporter of Touro Infirmary and the 
Jewish Orphans fiome. 

This year, 1904, Mr. Meyer reaches so to speak his 
52nd mile stone. He was born in Saar Union, France, 
on February 17, 1852, and obtained his earlier educa- 
tion there and in Nancy, France. He came to this 
country as a youth and settled first at Nat- 
chez, Miss., where he served as clerk in a general 
merchandising business for eight years. Then he 
started on his own account in Lake Providence, La., 
there remaining until his venture in the metropolitan 
field, with Landauer in 1884. 

Mr. Meyer is naturally a man of a most affable and 
kindly disposition and therefore popular a^ well as 
respected. He is blessed with a family, has a fine 
home on Prytania street, one of the fashionable resi- 
dence thoroughfares of the Creole city, and is agree- 
ably situated in all the relations of life. 





I. W. ASMNER. 



MR. I. W. ASHNER. 



MA.NHRLD MEYER. 



What's in a name, says the old saw. Well in some 
not much to be sure. But in this of Ashner, — espec- 
ially in Jewish circles in New Orleans, — there is much 
to commend it. To the business community also it 
is known, particularly the produce line. 

Mr. Ashner is of Seesel, Ashner & Sugarman, a 
leading house of Poydras streets the great street of 
the produce trade in our Southern metropolis It 
originated in Memphis as Seesel & Ashner and was 
established here in 1895, since which time it has been 
a leader of its line. 

Mr Ashner was born in Peine a place near Han- 
over, Germany, and there also was educated. He 
came to America in lS6f> and first settled in Mem- 
phis. Thence he proceeded to Oxford. Miss., and in 
1869 started on his own account. He was in business 
at Oxford for eighteen ye:irs and then moved to Mem- 
phis again. About tliat time the firm of Seesel & 
Ashner was founded. 

In Memphis Mr. Ashner was president of the Mem- 
phis Club, a social organization like the Harmony 
here. He was also a member of the I O. B B. He 
joined the Young Men's Hebrew Association not long 
after he came here, and in 1900 was chosen its pres- 
ident, a position in which he served with ability 
and credit. 

Mr. Ashner observes faithfully the tenets of his 
faith. He gives freely to Jewish charities. His home 
life is an ideal one. His name in business and among 
his co-religionists carries weight. 



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MR. SAM BLUM. 

A man's intimates naturally know him best — his 
streng-th and his weaknesses, his good points and 
bad. Our subject is well known; one of the best 
known in fact of the New Orleans Jewish confrater- 
nity. Offices and responsibilities have been pressed 
upon him; but if we look for a te-t of the estimation 
in which he is held, we shall find i', not in the fact 
of his service, but in the length of it. His is a char- 
acter evidently, which, to use an old, but expressive 
phrase, "wears well." 

Mr Blum was born in Donaldsonville, La., in 1860. 
He was brought up in New Orleans, and there, in the 
public schools of the Crescent City, acquired the 
foundation at least, of those superior attainments 
which have served him so well in his public career 
His first emplovment was in the old "Blue Store" of 
Schwartz & Kaufman in the dry goods trade, near 
the French Market. From that jrosition he graduated 
to "the road ' and passed several 3-ears traversing the 
country generally, as a commercial traveler. In 1890 
at tiie ag-e of 30, he established himself in business. 
He has been successful and his establishment, the 
wholesale gfrocery and commission house of S Blum, 
is a leader in the Poydras street district of the city. 
Among business men he is widely known as one time 
president of the Produce Exchange of the cit}-, as a 
member of the Wholesale Grocers' Association and 
the Progressive Union, and as a member of the Board 
of Trade; also as formerly the President of Post B., 
T. P. A. of Louisiana. 

So much for his business experience and associa- 
tions; now something- of him personally. Among 
those of his race and faith his standing-, as we have 
intimated, is deservedly high. He professes the 
principles and precepts of Judaism and endeavors to 
act up to them. He is a charitable man, giving 
freely, not only money, but time; in other words a 
worker in the cause. He was the first secretary of 
the Young- Men's Hebrew Association, and was its 
president lor six years. Larg-ely through his efforts 
the Athenaeum, that splendid home it occupies, was 





SAM BLUM. 



Q. ALEFRINO. 

acquired; and his administration is credited with 
much of the institution's financial success. His asso- 
ciates at least, accord him this praise. He was pre- 
sented by them, upon his retirement, with a loving- 
cup; this in token of their esteem, and "in apprecia- 
tion," so the inscription upon it says, "of his assiduous 
and successful efforts in behalf of the Y. M. H. A." 
Mr. Blum is president now of Touro Infirmary. 
For sixteen years has he served that institution as 
director and committeeman, performing yeoman's 
service, gradually rising from one position to an- 
other to the headship; helping to make it what it is 
— a model institution, one that not Jews alone, but 
the gentile population of New Orleans also, regard 
with pride. 

He has long been a member also of the organiza- 
tion of the Jewish Widows and Orphans' Home, and 
as a loyal son of Israel, taken an active interest in 
congregational affairs. He is a member of Touro 
Synagogue and for several years has been one of its 
trustees. Jewish fraternal affairs have likewise 
interested him. He has been president of B'nai 
Israel Lodge I. O. B. B., and Chairman of the Joint 
Committee of that Order. 

He belongs also to the American Legion and 
Knights of Honor. He is an affable man and tolerant, 
has a good word in fact, for and of everyone He is 
a ready and agreeable speaker, and well qualified to 
preside. 

MR. GERSON ALETRINO. 

The portrait at the top of this pag-e is that Mr. 
Gerson Aletrino, Secretary of Touro Synagogue, a 
young man, who, like his father before him, takes a 
lively interest in congreg-ational affairs. He is a son 
of the late M. Aletrino, foi many years assistant and 
coadjutor to Dr I. L. Leucht, and in that capacity 
often officiating in the pulpit. 

Mr. Aletrino was born in New Orleans in 1868, and 
was educated at the Hebrew Educational Institute of 



117 



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wenty-five years or more ag-o, and in the public 
schools of the cit3\ His business career beg-an at an 
early ag-e. For fifteen years or more he has been 
with the famous house of Julius Weis & Co , cotton 
factors and commission merchants in an import:int 
position. He is also in business on his own account. 
Mr. Aletrino is married. He is a member of the 
Touro Infirmary and of the I. O. B. B. He is a Past 
President of Jas. K. Gutheim Lodg'e No. 439, and has 
also been its deleg'ate to the Grand Lodg-e. He is a 
member also of the Southern Yacht Club and has 
been connected with the Washington Artillery for a 
number of years. He is also a member of the Knights 
of Pythias Virginius Lodge No. 48. 

MR. ABE MAYER. 

From the viewpoint of 
most capable services ren- 
dered the commercial and 
social interests of New 
Orleans Mr. Abe Mayer 
eminently deserves the 
position he has attained 
by force of his personality 
and individuality. He 
was born in Kallstadt, 
Germany, in 1833. There 
in his childhood he re- 
ceived a rudimentary edu- 
cation. He severed man}- 
tender assoiiations on 
coming direct to the State 
at the age of fourteen. 
Here, in Clinton, La., he 
beg"an his career, a career 
need we add, which has 
led to affluence. 

The youth merged into 
the ambitious young- man 
and then the business 

man of character and enterprise, enjoj'ingf the un- 
limited confidence of the people of that section. A 
strenuous laborer in the upbuilding; of the many in- 
terests of Clinton and vicinity he helped to bring the 
pretty "Inland City" conspicuously before the com- 
mercial world. 

Later, thoroughly experienced by his efforts in 
Clinton, Mr. Mayer attracted by its advantages as a 
commercial center, came to New Orleans. It is nearly 
three decadi^s of years since the firm of "Mayer & 
Stratton" was launched. It proved a highly success- 
ful venture. During- this time Mr. Mayer gfave at- 
tention even to the most minute details of an ever 
increasing and prosperous business, a trade exclu- 




sively in crockery, especially imported articles in 
that line. 

When this old and honored firm was dissolved Mr. 
Mayer continued the business, solely controlling its 
interests. To him for nearly thirty years its pros- 
perity has been a matter of pride and it as well an en- 
terprise most creditable to the Crescent City. 

As a man enamored with New Orleans, one who 
has striven to place it among the galaxy of foremost 
cities in the United States, Mr. Mayer has always 
advocated and been aligned with every measures for 
its improvement. 

While practical and eminently worthy of the dis- 
tinction he enjoys as a business man, Mr. Mayer is 

devoted to such fraternal 
and social amenities as 
are the "salt of life." He 
has been an ardent mem- 
ber of the B'nai B'rith 
and naturally is devoted 
to its work, especially in 
charitable fields. As a 
member of the Associa- 
tion for the Relief of 
Jewish Widows and Or- 
phans and the Touro 
Infirmary and Hebrew 
Benevolent Association 
he has rendered marked 
service and has served 
these splendid bodies on 
their directorates and as 
committeeman also. 

This work in fact, has 
been at once a hobby and 
duty,— almost a passion 
indeed- and to it he has 
devoted both his money 
and time. 
The Harmony Club has profited too by his zeal 
and executive capacity. Besides being one of its 
most active members he has served it for several 
successive years as President and during his official 
term the far famed club attained much of its pres- 
tige. 

Genial and kindly, according all men a courteous 
hearing, whether "princes or paupers," Mr. Mayer 
may be cited as one who is "everybody's friend," a 
man well meriting indeed, the consideration and re- 
gard bestowed upon him and, in private life, his in- 
teresting family, who, likewise enjoy a prominent 
position in Jewish social circles. 



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MK. GUS MAYER. 

In Cius Mayer we have one of the most enterprising 
and successful of the youn_i>-er element of business 
men of New Orleans. He was born in 187() and is 
therefore under thirty, but he has established and is 
conducting- one of the most prosperous concerns of 
Canal street, the principal business thoroughfare of 
the city. This is the "Specialty Store" of the Gus 
Mayer Co., Ltd., so culled by him; devoted to retail 
furnishings for ladies and children, a hovise occupy- 
ing the building at No. 823 Canal street and the 
only one of the kind in this city. 

Mr. Maj-er is a native of New Orleans and is a 
graduate of Soule Commercial Institute. He began 
in business first as book-keeper for the J. Rosenberg 
Co., a prominent Canal street house, but, as we have 
seen soon branched out for himself on his own ac- 
count in another line of business. He is married 
and lives in the favorite "up-town" residential quar- 
ter of New Orleans. He has membership in the Y. 
M. H. A., Touro Infirmarj'. the Jewish Home, Tem- 
ple Sinai, the Harmony Club and the Young Men's 
Gymnastic Club of the city. 

We present herewith a half-tone portrait of this 
energetic and enterprising character; a young man 
already accounted one of the leading merchants of 
Canal street. 





UU5> MAYER. 



E. OFFNER, 

MR. E. OFFNER. 

The house of E. Offner is a leading one in the 
crockery and glassware trade of New Orleans, and 
one of the oldest. It was established by its present 
head more than forty years ago. 

Though he began on a small scale Mr. Offner has 
long been prominent as a business man of the city. 
He makes a handsome display in his Canal street es- 
tablishment, conducts his business in modern fash- 
ion and lives in one of the palatial homes of luxu- 
rious St. Charles avenue. He is in short one of the 
progressive and successful merchants of the city. 

This he is to the public generally. Among the 
people of his faith he is known for other character- 
istics. He is, to them, a reading man and thinker, a 
giver to the charities of the race, a participant in the 
management of their institutions. He has been a 
member of the Y. M. 11. A., for example, since its 
foundation. He belongs to the Harmony Club and 
to the I. O. B. B. He has been on the building com- 
mittee of Touro Infirmary, and on the Board of the 
Jewish Widows' and Orphans' Home. He is also one 
of the congregation of the Temple. 

He is a member, aside from these Jewish institutions, 
of the American Legion of Honor and the Masons. 

Surelyj^we may call him one of the representative 
men of the Jewish race in New Orleans. 



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MK. MAX DINKELSPIEL. 

New Orleans the cosmopolitan, — socially one of the 
most liberal and unprejudiced communities in the 
world — affords at least a fair field, if it gf.ves no 
special favor, to that type of the aspiring' and capa- 
ble Jew who would carve out fortune professionally, 
rather than to follow the more prosaic walk, the 
beaten track, so to speak, of commerce, wherein tlie 
race proverbially excels. 

Who has not heard of them, the Hvamscs and 
Jonases of this professional categfory. Chief Justices 
and Senators, not to speak of Benjamin, Secretary of 
State for the Confederacy, and afterward, in his exile 
foremost of London advocates. Or of Dr Dyer, friend 
of the leper, and expert in that frightful disease, or 
Dr. Bensaden head of Touro Infirmary, Gottschalk 
world renowned as a pianist and composer, Menken 
the stage celebrit}'. Jews all of them of New Or- 
leans. And how many more? 

Of the ancient faith not a few at all events shine to 
day at the Louisiana bar, among" them none of more 
substantial character or solid reputation than the sub- 
ject of this sketch. Mr Max Uinkelspiel of Dinkel- 
spiel & Hart, 134 Carondelet street, core of the finan- 
cial and commercial quarter of the Crescent City from, 
which district much of this firms patronage is derived. 

Mr. Dinkelspiel was educated and was admitted to 
practice here For many years in his earlier career 
he was associated with the well-known law firm of 
Braughn, Buck, Dinkelspiel & Hart, a firm to which 
many important interests corporate and private were 
entrusted, and of which two members at least, have 
g-raced the Bench. 

He has ever had an open hand and warm heart for 
the local charities and has been an active spirit in a 
number of the local fraternal bodies. He is a member 
of the Y. M. H. A. and of the Harmony Club; a mem- 
ber and high official of the L O. B. B.; a member and 
liberal contributor to Touro Infirmary and the Jewish 
Orphans' Home of New Orleans, and is prominent in 
the Congregation Temple Sinai. 





ALFRED MILLER. 

MK. alfrp:d hiller. 

A saying there is which has the force and currency 
almost of proverb, remarking^ how very largely the 
class of noted city men has always been recruited from 
the country. On second thought this seems a fact 
easy to account for: The country breeds health and 
strength and sterling character, and these develop en- 
ergy and natural ability when city-ward transplanted. 

New Orleans at all event as the Southern metropo- 
lis, draws to it like a loadstone the best brain and 
talent of its tributary country; such men for example, 
as our subject, Mr. Alfred Hiller, a man of promi- 
nence as merchant and bank director, and socially 
also from his connection with many fraternal and 
charitable bodies, more particularly as president for two 
terms, of that famous organization, renowned far and 
wide for its luxury and hospitality, the Harmony Club. 

Mr. Hiller hails originally from Summit in the cot- 
ton region of Mississippi. He was born there some 
forty years ago, and was raised and went to school in 
the same district of country. He began his business 
career as a boy of fifteen in the Bank of Summit, of 
which institution he was president at the early age of 
twenty-live. There also he was in the cotton busi- 
ness in company with his father, as H. Hiller & Co. 

In 1893, the Hillers, father and son, came here, seek- 
ing a larger field for their capital and activities than 
Summit afforded. That year they eng-aged in busi- 
ness as the Ong--Hiller Co., successors to Ong-, a house 
then already established many j^ears, as a dealer in 
building materials, naval stores, oils, sugar house 
and mill supplies, etc. This was predecessor of the 
house of Alfred Hiller & Co., Ltd., in the same line, 
of which Mr. Hiller is president. It is perhaps the 
largest importer of cement and dealer in materials of 
that character in this market. 

Mr. Hiller is a Mason of superior standing-, a Knight 
of Pythias, a member of the I. O. B. B , and has been 
a director of both the Jewish Home and Touro. 



HAX DINKELSPIEL. 



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124 



MR. PAUL L. GOUCHAUX. 

It is forty odd years since the subject of this biog- 
raphy, Mr. Paul L. Godchaux was born. He is the 
eldest son of the late Leon Godchaux, and the inher- 
itor of a name famous in New Orleans, and throug-h- 
out Louisiana, for many a year. 

A name, this of Godchaux, "to conjure with," as 
the old saying- has it, in business circles, synonym of 
larg-e business capacity-, uncommon success and great 
wealth. It has its representatives in the sugar in- 
dustry, long a leading support of the State, in the 
clothing trade, in the insurance business and in law, 
all of the one family' and all on a scale of distinction 
and particular importance. 

The Godchaux's of Louisiana, as the name indicates, 
are of French extraction. From France came Leon 
Godchaux, father of the family some sixty years ago. 
In his time, before and after the civil war, he was one 
of the great merchant princes of the city, a very large 
land owner and not only that, he was the greatest in- 
dividual sugar planter of the State. Five great baro- 
nial plantations were owned and operated by him, and 
at one time, during the da}- of the bounty-, his crop 
of sugar was the largest in Louisiana. He was a man 
far seeing and broad guaged and died a few years 
back the richest man in the State. 

His extensive interests were segregated upon his 
death. The management of his house here, the Leon 
Godchaux Clothing Co., Ltd., Canal and Chartres 
streets fell then upon the shoulders of his son Paul, 
who already, for several years, had been associated in 
the conduct of it and was practically its head. He is 
president of the company now. 

Mr. Godchaux is identified with most of the local 
Jewish fraternal and charitable organizations. He 
belongs to the Y. M. H. A., to Touro, and the Jewish 
Widows' and Orphans' Home. He is also a member 
of the Godchaux Beneficial Association, and of the 
Progressive Union of New Orleans, one of the live- 
liest of the city's public bodies. 





QUSTAVH LfcHHANN, Sr. 

MR. GUSTAVE LEHMANN, Sk. 

The portrait herewith shows the head of the house 
of A. Lehmann & Co., the largest wholesale dr}' goods 
house of the city and the South. This house was es- 
tablished long years ago. Mr. Lehmann is nephew 
and son-in-law of its founder. He is a Germ-in bv 
birth, born in Engenheim, but has been a resident 
here for thirty years. 

The house of A. Lehmann & Co., has trade in all 
the Gulf States It has a big corps of drummers 
on the road. Its credit is uncommonly high. Like 
his uncle before him, the founder of the house, with 
whom he was long associated, Mr. Lehmann is a 
type of the highest class of Jewish wholesale mer- 
chant He is a director of the Whitney National 
Bank, one of the most substantial in the South 

Socially also, and in a charitable way he is promi- 
nent. He has been a director of Touro for years, and 
has been also president of the Hebrew Benevolent As- 
sociation. Largely through his efforts the S54,00(i 
netted from the Touro Fair some years ago, was ob- 
tained. He has been a true friend also to the Jewish 
Orphans' Home — is a director of it in fact now. 

He is a member also of the Young Men's Hebrew 
Association, the I. O. B. B , and Harmon}- Club. 

Of New Orleans his home city, Mr Lehmann is 
justly proud. Here all his interests of friendship 
family and business are centered. Here his liber- 
ality and sterling qualities are appreciated. 



PAUL L. GODCHAUX. 



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MR. DAVID WOLBRETTE. 

This g-entleman may be set down as one of the suc- 
cessful business men and representative Israelites of 
the Crescent City of to-day. He is president of the 
Southern Paper Co., wholesale stationers and paper 
dealers, secretary and treasurer of the Louisiana 
Shoe Factory, and vice-president of the New Orleans 
Trunk Co. 

His social and religious affiliations are indicated in 
the fact that he is president of the Congregation 
Shaari Tetilla, Gates of Prayer, Jackson Avenue, 
member of Touro Infirmary, the Knights of Honor, 
American Legion and Woodman of the World. 

He is also a member of the Progressive Union of 
New Orleans, an organization of the business men 
which has done much to further the progress of that 
city. 

Mr. Wolbrette was born in Alsace, in 1853, when 
it was French territory. He was educated there in 
the Ecole Commerciale of his native city, and was 
brought up to mercantile business. He came to 
America at nineteen in 1872, and for two years clerk- 
ed in a store at Paincourtville, Assumption Parish, 
La. He married in Plaquemine, Miss Hanna Moyse, 
and remained there fifteen years before his removal 
to New Orleans, to which he was attracted as a larger 
and more profitable field than the country afforded 
for business. Here as we have said he has been 
eminently successful. 





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MR. SOLOMON MARX. 



DAVID WOLBRETTE. 



An admirable subject and character this, needing 
no enhancement of fine or fulsome phraseology. 
"Father Marx" they call him affectionately, those 
who know him, and many besides not so intimately 
acquainted. It is a designation speaking volumes, 
earned by his labors in behalf of the poor Russian 
exiles of sixteen or eighteen years ago, and by other 
beneficences, "shining" as Shakespeare has it, "like a 
good deed in a naughty world." His is a long and 
worthy career now ripening into the Psalmists term 
of three score and ten. A patriarch in Israel is he, 
full of years and honors, and happily, still in full pos- 
session of his mental vigor and faculties. 

He has been a resident of New Orleans nearly, if 
not quite forty years and all that time identified with 
the charities and public movements of his people. 
The story of the Jewish charities of that time indeed, 
could scarcely be written without prominent men- 
tion of his name. 

"During the terrible suffering and desolation inci- 
dent to the several epidemics of yellow fever here in 
that period," (we quote from a sketch of him) and 
notably those of 18h7 and 1878, Mr. Marx was con- 
spicuous, laboring continuously, fearlessly and con- 
scientiously in the cause of Relief. His splendid ser- 
vices in those appalling days were recognized and 
appreciated, the I. O. B. B. Grand Lodge of the time 
taking special cognizance thereof." In earlier days 
Touro found him a staunch supporter as he still is, 
and so also was it with the Jewish Orphans Home. 
In fraternal affairs he has held high rank. He has 
been officer of the local, the District Grand Lodge 
and Constitutional Grand Lodge of the I. O. B. B., 
and has been prominent also as a Mason. 

Mr. Marx was in business here for many years, but 
is now retired, and in the enjoyment of the fruits of a 
well spent life. He has been 'very fortunate in his 
family relations, having still surviving a wife in 
every way worthy, and five sons and a daughter. 



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MR. C. LAZARD. 

The name of Lazard has been a familiar one in 
New Orleans for forty 3-ears or more, as that of a 
house occupying a leading place in the clothing 
trade wholesale and retail. Its founder and head 
Mr. Calme Lazard is naturally one of the promi- 
nent Jewish merchants of the city. His sons are 
associated with him in the retail house of C. La- 
zard Co., Ltd., a highlj- -popular establishment; 
also in the jobbing business of the New York and 
New Orleans Clothing Co., in which thev are also 
principals. 

Mr. Lazard, Sr., began business, like most of 
our elders in the faith, years ago in a small way- 
He was thrifty, economical, business-like, enter- 
prising, and luck as it alwaysdoes, for such a char- 
acter, favored him. The house became a land- 
mark of Canal street. It took rank with the best 
at home and abroad. From it he acquired a for- 
tune, so that he is enabled to live in a style becom- 
ing- a merchant prince of the city in a palatial 
mansion of St. Charles avenue, the fashionable 
residence thoroughfare of the city. 

Among the Jewish element of the city Mr. La- 
zard is appreciated for his character and charity. 
Touro Infirmary and the Orphans' Home find a 
staunch friend in him. His life has been that of 
a man consistent with the tenets taught him. To 
social concerns he has given but little attention, 
preferring rather the domestic circle. His home 
life has indeed alwa^'s been a happy one. 





C. LAZARD. 



CMAS. A. KAUFHAN. 

MR. CHAS. A. KAUFMAN. 

It needs no great knowledge of ])hysiognomy or 
store of the learning of Lavater, to translate the 
characteristics of the type of man shown in the por- 
trait herewith presented. It is clear enough with- 
out. It is a frank face, open and candid; but a 
strong face, the face of a man of positive person- 
ality, a forceful dominating man, a governor and 
director; the face and features of a man full of 
life, vigor and energy. 

•'Some men," says the proverb, "are born great; 
some achieve greatness and some have greatness 
thrust upon them." This man we need hardly be 
told has carved out fortune for himself. 

It is the presentment, this picture, of a leading 
New Orleans merchant; of Chas. A. Kaufman head 
of the Chas. A. Kaufman Co., Ltd , proprietors of 
the "Big Store" as it iscalled, Dryades and Euterpe 
streets This business was started under another 
name over twenty years ago, and is one of the most 
striking examples of the successful department 
store in the land. It occupies a larger area than 
any retail store in New Orleans. 

Mr. Kaufman is a merchant of more than thirty 
years standing- here. He is active outside his bus- 
iness in a number of social, fraternal and chari- 
table affairs He is a life member of the Y. M. H. 
A., and a prominent member of the great Jewish 
social organization of the city, the Harmony Club. 
He is a member also of the IVIasonic Order and of 
the I O B. B. His contributions to Touro, and 
the Jewish Widows' and Orphans' Home show 
how he regards the responsibilities of wealth. 

Mr. Kaufman lives in styles befitting his status 
on St. Charles Avenue. In the home circle he has 
fortunately all that the heart could wish for. 



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DR. WM. KOHLMANX. 

The portrait herewith is that of h ])rl)le^sional man 
of hig^h standing in the Crescent City, Dr. Wm Kohl- 
mann, successor to the famous Dr. Loeber in the 
medical administration of the famous Touro Infirm- 
ary, which, although of .lewish establishment and 
government is open to all. .ind in that sense one the 
public institutions of the city, and as such regarded 
with a just measure of pride by all the citizens, irre- 
spective of creed or nationality. 

Dr. Kohlmann came here in 1891 He has been con- 
nected with Touro since 1S93. He was assistant house 
surgeon for eight years and succeeded Dr. I^oeber as 
Surgeon-in-Chief in I'Mll. 

Dr. Kohlmann was born in Kirchheini, (Germany, 
in 1863. He attended the pul)lic schools in his birth- 
place and passed from there to the academies of 
Gruenstadt and Kaiserlaulern. He took up the study^ 
of medicine at Wuerzburg when nineteen years old 
and graduated from the historic University of Heidel- 
berg Then for a while he engaged in practice of 
his profession and later served as surgeon in the 
(jerman army. 

Dr. Kohlmann is a hard worker; in the vernacular 
"a glutton for work." He spent two whole years 
mastering the English tongue before he began active 
practice here Besides being house surgeon at Touro 
with general supervision he assumes charge of the 
gynaecological department of the free clinic, and he 
has in addition a large private practice. He is a stu- 
dent also, and has a grand collection of liooks. 

He is a member of the liarmonv Club, the ()r])hans 
Home, the Y. M. H. A., and the B'nai BVith. He 
belongs also to German! ■ Lodge of Masons, and very 
naturally, from his standing in the ])r(ifi ssion is one 
of the most prominent members of the Orleans Parish 
Medical Society. A man in short of superior ability, 
exemplar of the capacity ancl intellectual calibre of 
the race. 





BERNARD TITCHE. 

MR. BERNARD TITCHE. 

Among those who follow the law as a profession 
in New Orleans the name of Bernard Titche is one 
bearing an enviable reputation for ability and in- 
tegrity. Mr. Titche was born in North Louisiana 
and received there the best elementary education 
that section affords. He entered Yale as a student, 
and graduated with the degree of B. A. in 1881. 
The same year he settled in New Orleans and began 
to prepare for the bar. He was admitted to practice 
in 1884, and in the twenty years since has risen to a 
place among the leading practitioners here. He is a 
man of family, rather more fond of home life than 
society. He has membership in several of the city 
clubs, however, the Harmony, and Chess Checkers 
and Whist Club among- them. He is active also in 
the deliberations of the Louisiana Historical Society, 
being an interested student of the past of his native 
State. 

Touro Infirmary and the Orphans Home the ob- 
jects they stand for are objects of consideration 
with him. He is a subscribing member of both. 

A man esteemed both in his private and profes- 
sional character, is he; a gentleman, a superior law- 
yer; a credit to the race from which he is sprung. 



DR. Wn. KOMLHANN. 



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MR. GUS LEHMANN, Jk. 

Three g'tJiieratiotis of Lehnians liave been identified 
with the great dry yoods house of A. Lehinann & 
Co., New Orleans, at this time the larg-est house of 
its line perhaps, in the South. The head of this 
house is Gus Lehniann, Sr., already mentioned herein. 
Gus Lehniann, Jr., — among- his intimates "Little 
Gus" — is also a member of the firm. He is a son of 
the late A. Lehman founder of the house, and a 
Brother-in-law of (ius, Sr. , its present head. 

As one of this firm Mr. Gus Lehmann, Jr., is we 
need hardly say, a well-known merchant of New Or- 
leans. He is a native of the city, forty-three ^-ears 
old this year, 1904. He entered the house of A. 
Lehmann & Co., when it was Lehniann, (lodchaux & 
Co., as a bo}' direct from school and has risen from a 
clerkship to an interest by strict application to bus- 
iness. He may still be found on the floor daily, 
directing- the sales and shipments, looking- after the 
multifarious details of the interests, city and country, 
of a house of the very first order. 

Mr. Lehmann, while interested as every citizen 
should be, takes no active part in politics. He is, 
however, a participant in such concerns as conduce 
to the commercial prosperity of his cit}-. He is, for 
example, a member and director of the Progressive 
Union, and is chairman of the Finance Cammittee 
of the Merchants, and Manufacturers, Association. 
He is a director of the Laurel Mill, Laurel, Miss., 
and is a member and one of the Board of the Har- 
mony Club, and was one of the orig"inal Elks of New 
Orleans. He is a member and supporter of Touro, 
and his religious affiliations and standing- are indi- 
cated in the fact that he is one of the Cemetery Board 
of Temple Sinai. Mr. Lehmann is married and is the 
father of two sons, just verging into manhood. 





GUS LEnMANN, Jr. 



QUSTAVE LEMLE. 

MR. GUST AVE LEMLE. 

This name will be recognized, by one familiar 
with New Orleans, as that of one of the most nota- 
ble professional men there, of the Jewish faith. Mr. 
Lemle was formerly of Farrar. I^eake & Lemle, hav- 
ing- a very extensive civil practice and is counsel for 
the Illinois Central Railroad, the Yazoo & Missis- 
sippi Valley road, the American Express Co., the 
New OrleaiiS National Bank and other important 
corporations, and business interests. His name 
fig-ures very frequently in the published reports of 
interesting- law cases. 

Mr. Lemle is a native of Louisiana. He was born 
at Alexandria, about forty-two years ag-o. He beg-an 
life as a clerk at Natchez, Miss., where also his early 
schooling- was obtained, but soon abandoned mercan- 
tile pursuits for the law. He was parish attorney in 
Concordia at twenty-three, and held that position for 
seven years. In 1842, seeking- a wider field for his 
talents and anil)ition, lie came to New Orleans. He 
has met here vvitli steady and continuous success. 

In Jewish affairs he takes an active personal in- 
terest, which is appreciated by his brethren of the 
faith. He is a. working member of the United Char- 
ities. He lieloiig-s to the Young Men's Hebrew As- 
sociation, the I. O. I!. B.. and the Harmonj- Club. 
He is on the Board and a member of the House Com- 
mittee of Touro Infirmary, and is a director of the 
Jewish Orphan's Home. He is jiopular and respected 
for his attainments, not only among his co-religionists 
but in the outside world as well. Among secular in- 
stitutions he is a member of the Chess, Checkers and 
Whist Club and the Southern Yacht Club of New 
Orleans. 

He is president also of Barnett & Lemle, Ltd., 
wholesale grocers of New Orleans of which firm his 
brother, Emanuel Lemle, is one. 



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MR. EDGAR M. CAHN. 

Mr. Cahn is one of those successful professional men 
of New Orleans of Jewish faith and birth to whom 
we have heretofore referred as relatively numerous. 
He is a lawyer who has steadily- r sen in his calling 
and who enjoys a large and lucrative practice He 
was born in New Orleans, June 29, 1865, and comes 
from old and excellent stock. He is a son of the late 
Leon Cahn. He obtained an excellent education pri- 
marily at the public and high schools of New Orleans 
and left the latter to take a course in Hugh's High 
School at Cincinnati, O , simultaneously attending 
the Hebrew College of that city Subsequentlv under 
Civil Service examination, Mr Calm entered the New 
Orleans Postoffice as assistant superintendent of 
mails. This position he filled for two years and then 
resigned for the purpose of studying law Entering 
the law department of Tulane University, he was 
graduated from that institution with the degree of 
L B , May 17, 1SS8 A partnership was at once 
formed with the late Edwin Evariste Moise that con- 
tinued until Februar}', 1897. 

Mr Cahn is a man of many natural qualifications 
for his vocation He has a fine comm;ind of lan- 
guage and a keen and logical mind. He is a profes- 
sor of Democratic principles and while so engrossed in 
business, as to be able to spare but little attention to 
public affairs, has still taken a live interest in 
home politics. 

Mr. Cahn is a Mason, a member of the Young Men's 
Hebrew Association and the Southern Athletic Club. 





EDGAR n. CAHN. 



HARX ISAACS. 

MR. MARX ISAACS. 

We come now to an exceptionally well-known name 
in New Orleans, that heading these paragraphs It 
is largely so of course from the very nature of his bus- 
iness are bringing him into contact with all classes 
of the people, more especially the bargain-seeking 
Fair, but it is a name also very favorably known to a 
more personal circle, as that of a man, who, while he 
has made his way himself and all that, is a warm 
friend, a generous giver to deserving charity, a citizen 
of public spirit, and highly esteemed by all those who 
have met him. 

Mr Isaacs is president of the Schwartz & Isaacs 
Co., Ltd., of New Orleans, conducting the popular 
"Maison Blanche" Department House at Canal and 
Dauphine streets, which with its striking gilded dome 
is an architectural, as well as business landmark, of 
the city. It has, perhaps, a larger patronage than 
any establishment of the kind here. He was 
formerly of Kaufman &. Isaacs, in the same line ;it Dry- 
ades Market He was one of the first in fact, (as long 
agoaslS7'*) to embark in the department business. 

Mr. Isaacs has been a resident of New Orleans for a 
lifetime, and has been a notable business man for 
twenty-five or thirty years He has been very suc- 
cessful and has acquired other large interests besides 
that mentioned; but, fortunate as he has been, he is, 
to those who know him well, a man unspoiled by his 
successes. He is good to the poor, no deserving char- 
ity appealing to him in vain. Touro Infirmary, the 
Jewish Orphans Home, the Y. M. H A., and other 
Jewish institutions naturally find special favors 
with him. 



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MR. MAYER ISRAEL. 

In Mr. Israel we have an old resident of New Or- 
leans, a successful business man, a notal)le not only 
of the Jewish element which forms so numerous and 
influential a fraction of the population of the Cres- 
cent City, but of the community as well, at large. 

Mr. Israel hardly needs identification. He is prom- 
inent as a Canal street mercliant, a leader in the cloth- 
ing line, many years established lie was formerly 
of C. Lazard & Co., in this same branch of trade, but 
withdrew, and bought out the old house of McCown. 
transferred it from St. Charles to Canal street and 
infusing new life and energy into it, soon appreciably 
e.xtended and enlarged it under his own name, and 
earned recognition in the trade as one of its most en- 
terprising men. 

In matters of religion Mr. Israel "walks in the way 
of his forefathers and forbears," conscientiously ob- 
serving the ancient observances and injunctions, es- 
pecially as to conduct and the charities. He has been 
for years a member of Touro Infirmary and Hebrew 
Benevolent Association and of the .lewish Widows 
and Orphans Home and has subscribed liberally to 
both. He is interested likewise in tne progress of the 
Y. M. H. A., and is an active member of the I. O. B. 
B. He belongs also to that famous Jewish social or- 
ganization the Harmony Club. He is a public spirited 
man, one of those who lend a hand to any movement 
likel}^ to better his city. 

Mr. Israel is a man of family. He married a Miss 
Lazard, and has several childreu. Of his home life 
we can only say that it has been uncommonly and 
entirely felicitous. 





J. K. NEWHAN. 



MR. J. K. NEWMAN. 



HAYER ISRAEL. 



Mr. Newman is the son of Isidore Newman, Sr., 
the well-known New Orleans banker and philan- 
thropist, and is a member of the firm of Isidore 
Newman & Sons. He has been closely associated 
with his father in many large financial operations 
and in the management of their important interests 
and though a young man. only a few years in bus- 
iness has shown that he is possessed of his father's 
talents in marked degree. 

He is credited with much of the showing made by 
the firm in Carrollton railroad, and with the devel- 
opment of that property which finally resulted in 
its merger into the New Orleans Railroad, Light & 
Power Co., which controls the street car, the elec- 
tric and gas lighting situation here. He was born 
and educated here and entered the business when 
he left school, was broug'ht up to the business in 
fact, and is an active factor in all its affairs. Is 
one of the rising- men in short, in the financial 
world of New Orleans. 

Mr. Newman is interested also in man}- of the 
charities and philanthropic works to which his 
father has contributed so liberally, and in which 
the elder Newman has taken such active part. He 
belongs to Touro Infirmary, and the Orphans 
Home, and is a member of the Young Men's He- 
brew Association. He is also a member of the 
Harmony Club. 

Like his father too, he is a man of quiet tastes 
and unassuming manners; in fine a young man cf 
ability and reserve power, "level headed" as the 
saying is, and self-contained. 



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DR. JEFFERSON DAVIS BLOOM. 

Dr. Bloom, as formerly the House Surgeon in charge 
of the famous Charity Hospital of New Orleans, and 
as head of the medical staff of the Hotel Dieu, is one 
of the most noted medical men of the city of to-day. 
Indeed, his reputation goes further; to be the head of 
this institution is to take high rank in the profession, 
and to be known in all parts of the country. And yet 
the early opportunities of our subject were not at all 
propitious of such success. 

From childhood the study of medicine had been his 
aspiration. But he was consigned, so to speak, by 
his environment to a commercial calling. Undis- 
couraged. he devoted his leisure to medical study, 
fought his way unaided through colleg-, and so, still 
a young man, has achieved those honors of his pro- 
fession which come to most of his colleagues only 
after a lifelong struggle. 

Dr. Bloom began his medical career as resident 
ph3'sician at Touro Infirmary, thence he went to the 
State Hospital, as assistant surgeon, and had not 
filled this responsible office long before he was 
recognized, at the death of Dr. Miles, his logical 
successor. 

Dr. Bloom was born here. He is a graduate of Tu- 
lane and has been the medical head of the Hotel 
Dieu since 1903. He is a member of the State 
and Orleans Parish Medical Societies, and of the 
principal Jewish charitable and social organizations, 
and has a verv large and lucrative private practice 
among people of wealth in both City and State. 





SIMON PFEIFER. 

MR. SIMON PFEIFER. 

The subject of this sketch is a young man compar- 
atively, but is at the head of a very extensive busi- 
ness that of S. Pfeifer & Co., Provision Dealers, 431 
Poydras street. But then, more and more the stren- 
uous life of our day calls for voung blood and una- 
bated vigor and energy. 

Mr. Pfeifer was born and received his education 
here. He began business at an early age. He is a 
man of family and has a home on St. Charles avenue 
among the ultra fashionables of the cit)'. In social 
life, as in trade, he occupies a prominent position. 

He is a member of the Harmony Club of New Or- 
leans the organization of the Jewish residents, occu- 
pying the finest club house, not alone here, but in the 
South. He is identified also by membership with the 
Touro Infirmary and Hebrew Benevolent Associa- 
tion, the Jewish Orphans Home and the Young Men's 
Hebrew Association. He is in short one of those 
younger members of our ancient ordination whose 
conduct shows us that the virility and hope of the 
race is far from dying out. 



DR. JEFFERSON DAVIS BLOOH. 



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MR. JULIUS C. WOLFF. 

Mr. Wolff is of Julius C. Wolff & Co.. (Jul C. Wolff 
and Otto L. Newgass) importers of Chinese and Jap- 
anese matting-, 217 South Peters, an old and staunch 
house of New Orleans. He is a Mississippian by 
birth, born in Jackson, that State in 1870, and has 
other interests there, notably in the Schwartz Furni- 
ture Co., of that citv. 

Mr. Wolff began his business career at an early age 
as a general merchandiser of his native city, an ex- 
cellent apprenticeship for the larger field of this 
metropolis, then came here and estal)lislied himself. 
He has been entirely successful and has made the 
Crescent City his home. 

He is a member of the Elks and K. of P., of the L 
O. B. B., the Y M H. A., Touro Infirmary, the .lew- 
isli Home and Harmony Club. He is unmarried but 
has a fine home on Jackson avenue between Prytania 
street and St. Charles avenue, the loveliest and most 
aristocratic portion of the far famed Garden District 
of New Orleans. 



MR. SAMUEL LEVY. 

In New Orleans, September 4, 1854, Samuel, better 
known in that community as Recorder Levy, from the 
office he has held, was born. '1 here also, as an at- 
tendant of the public schools he got his education. 
His first employment was in Napoleonville and he 
grew to manhood there and in the Crescent City. 

An active man always, in every walk of life in 
which he has engaged, Mr Levy is one of the best 
known of the Jewish residents of this part of the 
country. For twelve years he was foreman of 
Brooklyn Fire Company in the old Volunteer depart- 
ment, and in that capacity, besides having more than 
one hairbreadth escape, he earned a gold medal for 
life-saving at a lire in the suburb of Algiers; another 





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for life saving from the Mississippi river; a diamond 
badge from the Home Insurance Co., for salvage of 
property, and still another diamond badge from 
friends of Mt. Carmel Asylum. 

Mr. Levy is one of the representatives of the Secur- 
ity Brewing Co., of Algiers and New Orleans, and is 
also Assistant Recorder or Judge of the Fourth Re- 
corder's Court, Magazine street, a position of honor 
to which he has been re-elected. 

He is a member of Temple Sinai and of many asso- 
ciations, among others the Woodmen of the World, 
the Ancient Order of United Workmen, the German 
Benevolent Association and Washington Benevolent 
Association. 

MR. M. WALDHORN. 

Mr. Wajdhorn is well-known, not alone here, but to 
many travelers and tourists, as the proprietor of the 
principal establishment in the city handling choice 
and valuable antiques. His place is on Royal street 
corner of Conti, and is a museum of genuine articles 
of this character of great interest. His collection in- 
deed is said to be the largest and best selected in the 
country outside New York. 

Mr. Waldhorn was born in Alsace, in 1852, and 
there spent his school days. His first employment was 
with A. Godchaux Clothing, Paris, France. He start- 
ed here in the business of jewelr}- and antiques years 
ago, and as intimated, has met more than ordinary suc- 
cess. Mr. Waldhorn is second vice-president of Touro 
Synagogue. He is a member of the Harmony Club 
and the Young Men's Hebrew Association; also of 
the I. O. B. B., and Free Sons of Israel. He is a mem- 
ber also and liberal contributor to Touro Infirmary 
and the other charities of his church and people. He 
is, in short, a man of character and standing, not only 
among those of his race and religion but among the 
business men of the city in general. 



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THE STRAIGHT 
MELROSE 
DAIRY FARM 

MISS MAR THA HOTTINGER. Proprietress. 
CLAIBORNE and UPPERLINE STS. 



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absolutely PURE. Your Patronage is 
Kindly Solicited. GIVE US A TRIAL. 



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President 



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STEAM CARRIAGE and 
WAGON MANUFACTURERS 

Eslimales on ail Blacksmith Work General Blacksmilhing and Repairing 
in ail Branches Exicuied with Dispatch. 

PAINTING. LETTERING and TRIMMING of Every Description. 

Factory and Repository, 520 532 JULIA ST , 

Cumberland Phone 3558 j* NEW ORLEANS, LA. 



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MR SAMUEL H. STERN. 

Everybody knows it that knows New Orleans at 
all, the famous Stern's Auction House, (formerly 
Curtis's), the oldest and best patronized in the city. 
And everybody pretty nearly knows also the presid- 
ing- genius of this establishment, Mr. Sam Stern, 
subject of this sketch with his cheery invocation to 
bidders, "Come now who'll start, er?'' and his brisk 
rejoinders and repartee. Enough to say further on 
this score, that Stern's does the great business of 
the kind, the auctioning of merchandise of all descrip- 
tions, in New Orleans. It has been especially suc- 
cessful in the sale of mules. 

Mr. Stern acquired this business about two years 
ago. He is a young man comparatively and a native. 
He was born in this city in the early 70's, and was 
educated here in the public schools and in the famous 
Commercial College of Soule. Also, in perhaps the 
more practical way, in business itself, under his father 
an old time merchant of the boot and shoe trade. 
His brother, Leonard L. Stern, is associated with 
him. 

Mr. Stern is devoted to business, but still finds 
time for social and fraternal concerns, the Young 
Men's Hebrew Association and I. O. B. B. especially. 
He is a rising young man, one of those of whom, as 
Webster said of himself, we shall probably "hear 
more hereafter." 

Stern's has lately been removed to a new and larger 
establishment on Baronne street specially fitted up 
for the business. 





SAMUEL M. STERN. 



nOSE F. HOLLANDER. 

MR. MOSE F. HOLLANDER. 

Mr. Hollander is of F. Hollander & Co., wholesale 
liquors, a leading house of its line. He is the son of 
its founder, the late Frederick Hollander, and suc- 
ceeded to his interest. He was born in New Orleans 
44 years ago and was educated in the Public Schools of 
the city (the old Jefferson school) at the old Hebrew 
School and at Soule's College, from which latter 
school he entered business, taking a minor place in 
his father's establishment. Thence he went up North 
and for a time was in the grocery line in Newark, 
N. J., at length returning here, and associating- 
himself with Hollander & Co., again. 

Mr. Hollander is a member of the Jewish Home 
and Touro Infirmary and of the Y. M. H. A. He is 
a Mason of the 32nd degree, a member of the Elks, 
and a past officer of both the Knights of Pythias and 
Knights of Honor. He has been a director of the 
Young Men's Gymnastic Club, and has served his 
fifth term in that capacity. He is a widower, the 
father of a son now at Spring Hill College, Mobile, 
and fast verging into manhood. 

Frankness and geniality are characteristic of our 
subject. Like his father before him he is no less 
popular with gentiles than Jews. 

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929 CAXAL SHEET. New Orleans. 



Old and faded pictures copied and enlarged, either in crayon, 
oil or water colors. 



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K. W. LofHTE, Sec. and 'I'rea.';. 

The HENRY LOCIJTE CO., Lid. 



Wholesale Grocers and Importers 

f^ WINE5 and LIQUORS. 

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Wholesale Fruits, 

RECEIVERS and JOBBERS. 

Car Load Lots. Up Tu-Date Methods. 

No. 211 Poydras St. 

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MR. S. J. SHWARTZ. 

Mr. Shwartz is of the Sliwartz & Isaacs Co., I^td , 
proprietors of the famous New Orleans Department 
house, the ".Maison Blanche." 

Mr. Shwartz was born in this city .^i> years ago. 
He is a son of the late A. Shwartz. a well known 
local merchant Even as a youth he e.\hil)itecl decid- 
ed mercantile proclivities. lie he-ran at the early 
atfe of six to frequent his fathers notion store, and 
at sixteen was the New York buyer. For eig^ht 
years he served in that capacity and then returning- 
to New Orleans, he organized the tirm of S. J. 
Shwartz & Co., with Gustav Schullhoefer and Hart 
D. Newman as partners. The "Maison Blanche" 
which, with its high white front and gilded dome, is 
one of the landmarks of the city, was built for them. 
Later Mr. Schullhoefer died and Mr Newman with- 
drew and Mr. Marx Isaacs (formerly of Kaufman & 
Isaacs) came in, and the Shwartz & Isaccs Co , Ltd., 
was organized. They do both a wholesale and retail 
business, maintain a large dress making department 
and conduct a most e.xtensive business in thoroughly 
modern and metropolitan fashion. 

Mr. Shwartz, we need hardly say, is a conspicuous 
figure in the business community, not to speak of the 
dry goods line. He knows the business thoroughly 
"from A to Izzard " He is a shrewd buyer and a 
clever financier, and not a follower, but a leader. 

To the claims of charity and huinaiiitv, Jewish 
charity and institutions especially Mr. Shwartz gives 
that consideration, which nowadays is thought, as 
regards the prosperous no more than due. The 
communal work generally has his countenance and 
support. 





S. J. SHWARTZ. 



L. H WEIL. 

MR. L. H. WKIL. 

Mr. Weil is connected with the Union Oil Companj- 
one of the most extensive concerns of its line in this 
part of the country. Socially he is disting'uished as 
the Secretary of the famous llarmonv Club. He has 
been Secretary of it for eig-ht vears. 

He is of note also in connection with the Y.M.H. A. 
He was long a director of it, was its vice-president, 
and was one of the building committee when the 
Athenaeum was erected. His name, for that reason 
is carved upon the corner stone of the structure. He 
is a member also of the Jewish Widows and Orphans 
Home and of Touro Infirmary. 

Mr. Weil came here an infant. He was brought 
up and educated in this city. Ke began as a 
boy with the Union Oil Company and has risen to a 
confidential and influential place in the management. 
Though not himself a man of family his sympathies 
as we have seen have been readily enlisted in behalf 
of the orphaned and dependent among his people, 
and in Jewish communal affairs, more especially re- 
garding the young men, he has certainly done his part. 

Though naturally himself a man of rather modest 
and retiring disposition Mr. Weil is still, for all 
that well-known and highly esteemed among a large 
circle of friends. His features as presented in the 
portrait herewith are familiar to many, the younger 
set particularly, by whom, as well as their elders, his 
work in behalf of the Y.M.H. A., is fully appreciated. 
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TSEW ORLEANS, LA. 

Capital $500,000 Surplus and Profits $626,500 



ACCOUNTS OF BANKS. BANKERS FIRMS CORPORA- 
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The Postal Telegraph-Cable Co. 

Is the Only Successful Competetive Telegfraph System Ever Maintained. 



lUi proprietors anil iiiaiiagemeuc cietermiii- 
eA from the first to eMtablisli a perniaiieur 
buaiiifss baaeil on sound business principles 
anil business-like methods. an<l have stead- 
fastly adhered to that policy. 

Itii eiiipli>yeea are intelliitenr. diliaeiir, en- 
ergetic and enthusiastic. They are in sym- 
pathy with their employera and are working 
for the company's interests, recoeni/.ins that 
their interests are identical with the com 
pany's iuterest.s. anrl that unless the Postar-* 
service is the l?E.>T. public patronage can 
not be retaiueil. 

Every man in the ""Postars" service is 
proud of the company's auccesn. 

These are the reasons why the "Postal 
Company has been successful in the past and 
will he successful in the future. 

The progress of the Postal Telesrraph 
System is evidenced by the continued 
extension of land lines, the ntiuierona and 
important railroad connectiona recently 
made, the valuable itonnections with the 
German cables, the Pacific cable (now 
being constructed, i the Direct West Indies 
cable, the Bermuda cable, etc. 




Another Reason Why the Postal Telegraph- 
Cable Co., is the Most Successful Telegraph 
System in New Orleans. 



W. A. PORTEOUS, 

Supt. Sixth District, Southern Division. 

Postal Telegraph Cable Company, 

Ne'w Orleans La. 

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There is no man in Xew Orleans who stands 
in a more favorable position with the Jew- 
ish people, nor. only of thi.s city but the en- 
tire .state, than the genial W. .\. Porteons, 
the >uperint.eiident of the Sixth District. 
Southern Division, of the Postal Telegraph 
Cable Co . ami this is dtie to the fact that he 
is always polite and obliging whenever or 
wherever his business calls him. Mr. Por- 
teons is a very young man. who has grown 
up in every branch of the telegraph business 
from messenger boy to Superintendent. He 
is one of the most popular young telegraph- 
ers in the country, and is well-known and 
liked by the majority of the public men of 
our State. He nas devoted ills whole life 
time, it may he said, to practical experience 
in telegraphy in many of the large cities 
of the country. He has been fourteen years 
with the Postal Telegraph Cable Co.. in this 
city, his first real pronii>tii)n being as manager 
of the Postjil's iptfice in I he Xew Orleans Cot- 
ton E.xchange. He was next proraotefi to 
assistant manatzer. and a few months later 
he was cougraT.ulatetl on all sides upi>n be- 
ing placed in charge of the splendid busi- 
ness that he had helpeil to build up for the 
Postal I ompauy in Xew Orlean.s. When the 
Si.xth Distiict. Southern Division was or- 
ganized, Mr. Porteons was made Superin- 
tendent and placed in charge. 



MR. LEONARD L. STERN. 

Mr. Stern is well-known as of Stroudback >.\: Stern 
leading: real estate men of the city and also of Stern's 
Auction House. He has been vice-president of the 
Real Estate E.xchang^e. is a member of the Prog-res- 
sive Union and the Harmony Club, is prominent as an 
Elk, and is a staunch Democrat. 

He is further distinguished amongf those of his 
faith as Secretary of the Jewish Widows and Or- 
phans Home, and for his work in behalf of the Young: 
Men's Hebrew Association. He has accomplishments 
admirably fitting- him for the entertainments of the 
latter body, and has contributed cheerfully both time 
and ability to make its functions a success. Every- 
where indeed, he is a social favorite and welcome 
guest. 

Mr. Stern was born here in 18h7. He is the son of 
Henry Stern, an old time business man of the city, 
and brother of Sam Stern the well-known auctione:;r. 
He was brought up here and went to school in this 
city. He knows New Orleans, as the saying is "like 
a book." Hence much of his success in the real es- 
tate line in which he has been in company with Mr. 
Stroudback since 1897. He married Miss Katz. 
daughter of the late Sigmund Katz, and lives in the 
swell up-town "garden district" of the city. 

Men of Jewish birth and faith, figure numerously, 
as we have said, in the commercial life of the Cres- 
cent City. Mr. Stern belongs to that younger ele- 
ment among them whose activity and enterprise, 
furthers perceptibly the progress and development 
of our fast expanding Southern metropolis. 





LEONARD L. STERN. 



HART NEWMAN. 

MR. HART NEWMAN. 

Mr. Newman is the son of the noted Jewish banker 
and philanthropist. Isidore Newman of New Orleans. 
He was born in this city about twenty eight years 
ago. He graduated from Soule Commercial College 
this citv at fourteen, and started for Cornell Univer- 
sity, New York, to study law, but finding his youth 
an objection proceeded to Europe instead, to perfect 
himself meantime in foreign languages and music. 
There he remained until he became a highly profi- 
cient linguist, and besides a course of music at Leip- 
sic. had graduated at the Conservatory of Mainz. He 
is a master of the piano and generally a musician of 
uncommon power. 

At twenty-one Mr. Newman returned here, and 
shortly entered business life as vice-president of the 
Schwartz-Newman Co.. proprietors of the Maison 
Blanche, Canal street, one of the principal depart- 
ment houses of the South. He withdrew therefrom 
to take an interest with his father, the well-known 
banker Isidore Newman of New Orleans. Other bus- 
iness interests occupy his attention also, largely in 
connection with the very extensive financial and cor- 
porate concerns of his father. In public affairs he 
acts with the Progressive Union, (of which he is a 
member ) to improve and advance his native city. He 
belongs to all the principal Jewish organizations, 
though not specially forward in their management. 
Like his father he is a very plain and unassuming 
gentleman: indeed he has many of the elder New- 
man's traits. He married in 1900, Miss Doris Saal 
of Petersburg. Va. 

If the Jewish community of New Orleans has rea- 
son to be proud of the philanthropy of the elder New- 
man, embracing, among other benefactions, the rich 
gift of the Newman Manual Training School, so it 
is to be congratulated also that in the son he has a 
worthy successor, walking in the same path. 



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THENEW ORLEANS 
TRANSFER 



WM. C. FAUST. 

PROPRIETOR AND GENERAL MANAGER. 

Office, No. 840 COMMON STREET. 

Between Baronne and Carondelet NEW ORLEANS, LA. 

TELEPHONE No 817. 

Thk New Oi<i.k.\n.s Tk'.vnsfkk will check your 
bag'g'ag'e on departure from any i)art of the 
City. ( Hotels hiuI Residences i direct to desti- 
nation, includinu- all points in Unl'ed 5iate.<, 
Canada. Cuba and the borders of Mexico, via. 
all Railroads and New York and Havana 
Steamship Lines, upon ]>resentHtion of tic- 
kets at their otilice; otherwise depot claim 
checks are issued, and it is therefore prudent 
to have your bajjgage checked from residence 
to avoid the confusion at train time. 

New Orleans Transfer Agents on all incoming 
trains upon obtaining j-our Checks will deliver 
your baggage to its destination promptly. 



THE LOUISIANA EXCAVATING 
and MANUFACTURING CO.^^ 

Office. 635 Gommcrcial Place, 
Bet. eamp and St. Charleii Sts. Telephone \o. 1C30 

Will give prompt attention and low figures 
on orders for the Cleaning of ■ 

EARTH CLOSETS and VAULTS. 

Earth eiosets on Hand. 



V. J. A. BACKES, 

Successor to Edufin I Kursheedt 

Marble and Granite Works 

Monuments, Headstones, Copings and Building Work 

536 and 538 CAMP STREET, 

Cumb. Phone2323-I! i ijip. Laf.i veiie S(iuarc. NEW (UU.K.\NS 







I. M. DARRE, 

Stalls, 14 and 16 Dryades Market. 

BEST MEATS 


James M.Kelley, 

DRAYMAN 

407 Decatur Street, NEW ORLEANS. 

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Orleans Boiler Compound 

and SCALE REMOVER. 

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ESTABLISntD 1862 Cumb. Phone 3q84.-L 

F. G. BIRCHMEIER, 

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Cemetery Work of Every Description 

Office and Works, J423-I427 WASHINGTON AVE. 
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MK. LOUIS OCHS. 

This is a well-known name, not only hereabout but 
throug^hout the country sfenerally. by reason of the 
occupation of its owner, that of traveling' man, and 
because of his membership in various org'anizations, 
religfious, fraternal and protective. He belong-s for in- 
stance, to Aurora I^odg-e, F. & A. M., to Samaritan 
Lodge, K. of P.; New Iberia Lodge, B. P. O E., the 
Benevolent Legion Louisiana Travellers, the T. P- 
A. of America and the National Liquor Dealers As- 
sociation. Also in support of his faith and principles, 
to the I. O. B. B., the Y. M. H A., New Iberia Syna- 
gogue and Touro Synagogue. New Orleans. 

The following among other honors have lieen ac- 
corded him lie is ex-president Post B.. T. P. A, 
State Railroad Chairman Louisiana Division T. P. A., 
president Benevolent I^eague of the Louisiana Trav- 
elers, Fourth National vice-president of the T P A, 
and a member of the Executive Committee of the 
National Liquor Dealers Association. 

Mr. Ochs, in fact, is one of the best known sales- 
men traversing the South. He was born in New Or- 
leans in 18(S6, and is a product of that city's public 
schools. He began life with Block & PoUak, Scrap 
Iron and Metals, and continued with their successors 
for several years. He was then four years with A. 
Lehmann & Co., (wholesale dry goods) four years 
with Jos. Kantz and for the past six years has repre- 
sented Jos. A. Magnus & Co., wholesale liquors, Cin- 
cinnati, in Gulf Coast territory. 

Mr. Ochs is married and makes new Orleans his 
headquarters and home. 





COLEMAN M. KAHN. 

MK. COLEMAN H. KAHN. 

Mr. Kahn is of Kahn's Cotton Pickery, Religious 
street. New Orleans, in which business he is asso- 
ciated with his father. He is a native of New Or- 
leans, now in his twenty-ninth year, married (to Miss 
Lillie L. Wolff of ch cago) for the last live years. 
Those who know him, and their names are legion, 
consider liini one of the most promising of the 
younger school of New Orleans l)usiness men. 

Mr. Kahn is a graduate of the New Orleans High 
School class of '91. His business relations have been 
with cotton wholly, and as an employe or partner with 
his father. Theirs is one of the most important con- 
cerns of the kind here. 

Mr. Kahn is a member of the principal Jewish 
charitable organizations, Touro, the Jewish Home, 
and I. O. B. B. among them. He is Secretary of the 
J. J. Brown Memorial Association. His habits are 
quiet and domestic. He lives modestly in his own 
home on Annunciation street. 



LOUIS OCMS. 



MK. SAMUEL SILVERSTEIN. 

Mr. Silverstein is of the firm of L Silverstein & 
Sons who have crockery stores on Canal street on Dry- 
ades and on South Rampart streets, all doing a flour- 
ishing business. He has been in this line since he 
was thirteen vears old. and has assisted his father 
largely in upbuilding it. He is now thirty-four. 

He came here as a boy with his father, in the year 
1873, from Worsaw. Poland, where he was born. His 
schooling was obtained in the public schools here. 
He is a married man and besides membership in 
various Jewish organizations, fraternal and charita- 
ble, is a Knight of Pvthias and Mason. 



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RESILVERED 



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f Matter How Small, '. 



CHURCH and MEMORIAL WINDOWS. 



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, Given Prompt I c^outhem Mirror Works, 625 baronne street 

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U- 

I Window and Cap 
I FINIALS J- J- j^ 



R. G. HOLZER, 

MANUFACTURER OF 

Curved and Corrugated, Arch Iron, V. Crimped Iron, Gutters, Pipes, Cornices 
and Ornamental Work, and all Kinds of Roofing. 

Works: 207-209 NORTH RAMPART ST. ^ New Orleans, La. 



^ LOUIS PFISTER, 

'^Wholesale Grocer, Wines an d Liquors 



FANCY BUTTER and CHEESE A SPECIALTY. 



L, 



Nos. 540, 542 and 544 MAGAZINE STREET, Corner Lafayette. 



NEW ORLEANS, LA 



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MR. LAZAR SCHWARTZ. 

From the position of a i)oor orphan boy, inmate of 
the Jewish Orphans Home of this city, Mr. Schwartz 
has risen to a place of competency and success, and 
he is neither ashamed of his orig-in nor forgetful of 
the institution which cared for him and broiisj-ht 
him up. 

Mr. Schwartz is a dry goods merchant of Magazine 
street. New Orleans, and a considerable property 
owner. He was born at Woodville, Miss., in 1S52. 
His first employment was here in New Orleans with 
Sam Kaiser. 

He first embarked in business for himself in the 
dry goods line in 1888, and on the whole has had a 
prosperous and fortunate experience. The business 
has developed, at all events, from one small store to 
four of them, comprising numbers 3015 to 3021 Maga- 
zine street inclusive. He has been married about 
twenty years. He is a Knight of Pythias and mem- 
ber of the organization of the Jewish Home and 
Touro Infirmary and he is an ex-president of the Con- 
gregation Gates of Prayer, a position significant of 
his standing among his intimates and co-religionists. 

To sum up in short: "A just man walking with 
integrity — one known in the g"ates, sitting among 
the elders." 





LAZAR SCHWARTZ. 



FRANK J. WEINBERGER. 

MR. FRANK J. WEINBERGER. 

Here we have an example of the young man in 
business, a shining example of success; a young man 
entrusted with affairs of the first magnitude. And 
fully equal we may sav to the task. Mr. Frank J. 
Weinberger of whom we speak, is the secretary- 
treasurer and general manager of the Adler- Weinber- 
ger Steamship Co , one of the great Central American 
lines, is vice-president of the Southern Marine Works, 
the most important in the ship building and repair 
line here, and is identified with other extensive con- 
cerns besides, in company with monied men. 

Mr. Weinberger was born in Texas and was 
brought up there in part, and in part in New Orleans. 
He attended school in Galveston, at Soule's here, and 
Spring Hill, Mobile. He began his business career 
in 1895 with Chas. Weinberger, at Mobile. This 
business first brought him here to locate, then to 
(ialveston and at length to Central America, where 
he acted for the Weinberger's who had (as they still 
have) important investments there, and for the Blue- 
fields Lumber Co. When the Adler-Weinberger 
Steamship Line was organized he was summoned 
here to take charge. 

Such is our subject in the commercial world. But 
tho' immersed in business he still finds time for social 
relaxation, as a club man and member of fraternal 
orders. He is a member of the Young Men's Gym- 
nastic Club and the Southern Yacht Club, and holds 
a commission in the Naval Reserves. He belongs to 
the Elks also, and to the Y. M. H. A. 



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F. C. GODBOLD, 

PHARMACIST^ 

2728 Prytania St. Nea,^Wa^hi^ngU.n Ave 

Telephone 3441 Y. NEW ORLEANS. 



H. H McGEE , Ntw Orleans La 



<£SI 



SPARKS BROS. KanFas City Mo 

SPARKS BROS. &. McGEE, 

Wholesale and Retail Dealers in 

MULES AND HORSES 

Of All Grades. All Stcck Guaranteed as Kepresented. 
529=537 BARONNE STREET, 

CuiubeilHiul TeleplictiH 7.5-2. NEW ()KLK.\NS, LA. 
o YOUU C.VI'RONAGIO SOLICITED. o 



William Graner . . 



B> Registered Pharmacist, 



Cor BiU-oniieaml Felicity iSt.'i., 



Xew dileaiis 



WEST END HOTEL 5L RESTAURANT 



Wanted Landlords and Agents to know that 




IHE 



Pelican Excavating Company, 

Does First Class and Cheap Work. 



Office 733 Union St. Please Phone 2062-W 



I 



OPEN SUMMKK AND WINTEU. 



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SERVICE AT ALL HOURS. 
T. TKANCHINA, - - Proprietor. 

o Telephone Main 22'»2. o 



r>PLUMBERO 
Sanitary Plumbing, Ga^nd Steam Fitting s 



3818 aiAGAZINE STREET, 



N'EAB LllUi.SIANA AVENUE. 



N'KW OKLKANS. LA' 



-^:>kEPAIR WORK GIVEN PkOMPT A rTE^T lON.'*^ 



E. W. NORTON. 

^v>^Chiropodist.^^ 



309 ST. CHARLES ST.. New Orleans. 

op'p'iCHrHiioN h; ;i07s-i.. 
o Houis: 12 to 3, Smuiav.s, 10 to 1. o 



Ne^ Orleans Worsted Store, 

GEO. A. HOFFMAN, Proprietor, 

I.MPOlM'Kll AND DEAr.KR IX 

Zephyrs, Yarns. Silk, Chenille, Notions, 

Children's Wear. Ljices, Kiiibidiiierifs, LauiiilerinK Caps, 

.Stamped and Unstainpeil l-nieiis. Kid Gloves Cleaned, 

Bul.tons .Made, KineM Line ol Kanc-y and Wurk Baskets, 

Designing! Luibroiderini;: t'taniijing' Pinking: 

Agents lor W ilcox & Qibbs' Automallc Sewing Machine. 

131 BOURBON ST., New Orleans, La. 



Mrs. V. Wehrmaiin, 

613 CANAL STREET, 

New Orleans, La. 

DOLL- HOSRITAL 



JOHN DOUGLAS. 

€^ENGRAVER<^ 

12 Camp Street. New Orleans. 



Wedding Invitations, Wedding- Announcements, 
Wedding Reception Invitations, Visiting Cards, 
Monograms, Crests, Arms, &c. Embossed in 
Color and Illuminated Embossed Office 

Stationery, Business Cards. 



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COL. E. I. KUKSIIEEDT. 

In Edwin I. Kursheedt we have one of tlie most 
conspicuous of the Jewish residents of New Orleans 
He is a Civil war veteran of distinction and a g^entle- 
inan whose service in behalf of Jewish charity and 
institutions is heartily ap])rcciatc(l. 

He was born in Kinjjston, Jamaica, in 1S3S, and 
was educated in the Public Schools of the city of New 
Orleans in the period preceding- the war He grad- 
uated from the Boys High School in 18.^3. The ne.xt 
year he began life in the hardware business and later 
formed a partnershi]) with his father 

He has been a member of the Washington Artillery 
some forty years. He served indeed, throughout the 
Civil war with that command, enlisting as a private 
of the Confederate service and rising through the 
grades of Corporal, Sergeant, Captain, Major and 
Adjutant. He was wounded at Fredericsburg and 
Antietam. 

In 1866 he married Miss Sarah I. Levy, of Kich- 
mond, Va. He has held various offi ial positions and 
is at present acting as Assistant l*ostmaster of the 
city. He is the oldest living- Past Master of 
Louisiana Lodge 102, F. & .-\. M. He is, by virtue 
of his war service, a member of Cam() No 1, of the 
Army of Northern Virginia, Confederate Veterans; 
also of the B'nai B'rith He was secretary lor many 
years and is an ex-president of the Jewish Widows 
and Orphans Home. He is also an e.x-treasurer of 
Touro Infirmary and the Hebrew Benevolent Asso- 
ciation. 

MR. DAVID M. LICHTENSTEIN. 

Mr. I^ichtenstein is of H. Lichteiistein & Son, cot- 
ton merchants, leading members of the Cotton Ex- 
change of New Orleans. He is a native of the city, 
now in his thirty-second year, and received his edu- 





JACOB WEINtiERQER. 

cation as so many other successful men of the place 
have done, in the public schools of the city. 

His first employment was with llyman, Lichten- 
stein & Co., predecessors of Fl. Lichtenstein & Son. 
He has acquired during his business career, interests 
in banks, rice mills, cotton plantations, presses, etc. 
He belongs to the Harmony Club and the Y. M. H. 
A., to the B'nai B'rith, Touro Infirmary, and the 
Jewish Widows and Orphans Home; also the Young 
Men's Gymnastic Club of New Orleans. 



COL. E. I. KURSHEEDT. 



MR. JACOB WEINBERGER. 

This gentleman is at the head of a number of the 
most important business enterprises of the Crescent 
City. He is largely interested in maritime concerns, 
being president of the Bhietields Steamship Co., in 
the Nicaragua trade, president of the Kelly-Page Co. 
Steamship Agents and Brokers, president ot the 
Adler-Weinberger Steamship Co.. a leading factor 
in tropic fruit and Central American business, and 
other important commercial affairs. He is a member 
of the firm of T. M. Solomon & Co.. Exporters, secre- 
tary of the Nicaragua Electric Co., president Blue- 
fields Lumber Co.. president Bluefields Wharf & 
Agency Co., and is in various other enterprises. 

Mr. Weinberger is one of the Weinberger brothers 
who have done much to develop, not alone the re- 
sources of Nicaragua but have vastly furthered the 
traffic of this port as well. He was born in Papajd, 
Hungary, in 1857, and was educated at Springfield, 
Missouri. His first occupation was as a miller at 
Austin, Tex. He is married, his wife was Miss 
Rachel Schlenger of Austin, Tex., and has a son, 
F. J., like himself, engaged in the steamship line. 
He is a member and liberal contributor to the local 
Jewish charities, particularly Touro Infirmary and 
the Jewish Orphans Home. 



153 



INTERSTATE TRUST 



AN D 



BANKING^ COMPANY 

Capital and Surplus, ^ ^ $900,000.00. 

Savings Deposits of One Dollar and Upward are Allowed 3 per cent. Interest. 
Accounts S ubject to Check Received and Loans Made at Lowest Rates. 
Travellers' Letters of Credit Issued Available in all Parts of the World. 



OFFICERS. 



% 



DIRECTORS. 



L S. Berg, 


Leigh Carroll. 


Sam Henderson, Jr. 


C. H Huttig, 


W. T. Joyce. 


Geo S Gardiner. 


W. B Rogers, 


R W Jones Jr. 


Chas. Karst, 


C T. Patterson. 


Henry M. Sage, 


R J Wood. 



WALLACE B. ROGERS, President 
LYNN H. DINKINS. Vice-President (j^ 

GEO. S GARDINER, Vice-President ^ 

SAM HENDERSON, Jr., Vice-President O 
J. P. CORDILL, Asst. Oshier jfy 

HY. M. YOUNG, Sec. & Trust Officer MA 



Agent for Careof Property ; Rents and Interest Collected and Remitted 
E.xecutor and Tutor in Wills ; Legal Depositary for Court Officers. 
RENTS SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES in its Fire and Burglar Proof Vaults 



213 Camp Street, ^ New Orleans, La, 



154 



MR. EDWARD GOETZ. 

From the "Owl," former official organ of the Young 
Men's Hebrew Association, we extract the following 
points in this gentleman's biography. 

Mr. Goetz has lived and labored among us since he 
was a boy of 1<>. He was born in Herzenhausen, Ger- 
many, and after a short time spent in New York came 
here at the instance of Mr. F. Hollander, with whom 
he entered into partnership in 1S71, and whose 
daughter Miss Bertha Hollander, he married in 1874. 
He has two children, a son Joseph, and daughter 
Hattie, fruits of this union. 

The house of which Mr. Goetz is the head, is one 
of the best known in the liquor trade of New Orleans. 
It has important agencies, and does a very large busi- 
ness, not only in this country, but among our neigh- 
bors, the Spanish speaking people to the South. His 
partner in it is his brother-in-law, Mr. Mose 
Hollander. 

Mr. Goetz is of an open, frank, off-handed disposi- 
tion, and personally known to everybody in the trade. 
He is a popular and charitable man. He has been a 
member and generous giver to Touro Infirmar}' and 
the Jewish Home; in fact has been a director of both. 
He belongs also to the Y. M. H. A., and the B'nai 
B'rith. Also to the Young Men's Gymnastic Clul) of 
this cit}-. New Orleans Lodge Knights of Honor and 
Gerniania Lodge F. & A. M. 





EDWARD GOETZ. 



JOSEPH SIMON. 

MR. JOSEPH SIMON. 

In this gentleman we still have with us, one of the 
few survivors of the period before the Civil war; one 
of those who cut a figure in the Jewish annals of 
that and the later formative stage, as we mav call it, 
distinguished by the establishment, on a firm basis, 
of a number of important Jewish institutions, Touro 
Infirmary, the Orphans' Home and others among 
them. 

"With the ancient," (meaning the elderly), says 
Job, "is wisdom; in length of days understanding." 
Mr. Simon was born in Bavaria, Germany, eighty- 
one years ago. He came here to New Orleans, sixty- 
four years ago. That was in 1S4(). Eight years 
later, in 1848, he began business on his own account 
in the clothing trade, at the French Market. From 
1858 until 1863 he was in jjartnership, in this same 
line, with the late Leon Godchaux, doing both a 
wholesale and retail business. After the Civil war, 
in 18()(j, he established himself in the hat trade 
wholesale and jobbing, as Jos. Simon. In 1868, Mr. 
Jos. Kohn, being admitted to an interest, the house 
became Simon & Kohn. It is the same now known 
as Kohn, Weil & Co. Mr. Simon withdrew from this 
connection in the '90s and for a time, before retiring 
from active business altogether, was president of the 
old Louisiana Light & Power Co., to which the New 
Orleans Railways Light & Power Co., succeeded. 

As a merchant retired with a competence Mr. 
Simon enjoys "dignity with ease" in a fine old home- 



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DELICACIES of 
THE SEASON 
ALWAYS ON 
HAND ^ ^ ^ ^ 




LADIES 
CAFE ^ ^ 

PETER & ANTHONY 
FABACHER, ^ Props. 



Fabacher's 

Restaurant and Hotel 



Nos. 137 Royal Street, 



jtjtjtjtji AND j*j*.M-J*Jt 



708 to 716 Customhouse St., 



NEW ORLEANS, LA. 



Capital Stock, $50,000. 

NOAM VV RAMSKY, President, 

RAMSEY PIANO 
MFG. COMPANY 



MANU^'ACTURKU-; OP 



oSe Ramsey and Tulane 
PIANOS, 

535-537 BIENVILLE STREET, 

PHONE 2391-Y. 

New Orleans, La. 



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ANTONIO SUAREZ 



^.>«MANUFACTURER OF.^^ 



Fine Havana Cigars* 

1033 DAUPHINE ST,, 
New Orleans, La. 



nil 
11) 



156 



stead of the up-town residence district of the city, 
and thoug-h retired, still takes an interest, while not 
actively participating- as formerly, in Jewish institu- 
tional affairs. He gives an undivided allegiance, 
however, to the religion of his birthright, perform- 
ing still, as he has since its foundation in 1S72, the 
office of vice-president of the Congregation of Tem- 
ple Sinai. 

Mr. Simon was one of the founders of the old He- 
brew Benevolent Association, and was its president; 
he was a prime mover in that consolidation of that 
body with Touro Infirmary after the serious yellow 
fever epidemic of 1855; he was also one of the or- 
»;anizers of the Jewish Widows and Orphans Home, 
and the Hebrew Educational Association, and was 
president of the Hebrew Rest. The service rendered 
by him to these institutions, and the Jewish com- 
munity, at a time too, when they needed assistance 
most, can hardly be fully set forth, even in the most 
appreciative terms. 

Mr. Simon has been a Mason since 1845. He has 
been a member also of other fraternal organizations. 
"Accepting the commandments as a lamp and the 
law as a light to g-uide him, length of days, pros- 
perity and peace have they brought him." In 1001 
with his good wife, family and friends he celebrated 
the golden wedding-, fiftieth anniversary of his mar- 
riage. 

MR. SAMSON CERF. 

Mr Cerf ministers as Rabbi and Cantor to the Con- 
gregation Sluiara 7 cfiht, Jackson Avenue, the Gates 
of Prayer, second oldest of the congregations of the 





WILL MOSS. 

city. Its building- was ])ut uj) in ISd'i. and soon after 
Mr. Cerf, then newly .-irrived from over the water was 
chosen to conduct its services This office he held 
most acceptably for six years, at the end of which 
period he withdrew and embarked in mercantile con- 
cerns, and was thus engaged until four or five years 
back, when the Congregation again engaged his 
services. 

Mr. Cerf was born in Alsace, (then France) some 
sixty years or more ago. He received his schooling 
in the Elysee of Strasburg and was just about of age 
when he came here in '61. He is married but has no 
children and among his co-religionists is a man much 
esteemed for strength of convictions and sincerity of 
character. 



SAHSON CERP. 



MR. WILL MOSS. 

This is a well-known insurance man of New Or- 
leans, a gentleman with an extensive acquaintance 
through his connection with the Janvier & Moss 
Agency, Ltd. He was born in Sturgcs. Mich., in 1852, 
and was educated in the schools of Akron. Ohio. He 
came South years ago, and was engaged for a time as 
a cotton planter. 

Mr. Moss is a man of family. He is a director of 
the Congregation Gates of Prayer. His fraternal 
affiliations include official positions as follows: Senior 
Warden Jefferson Lodge No. 101, Masonic Order, 
Captain of the Host, Concord Chapter No. 2. and 
Deputy Master Louisiana Council No. 1 in the same; 
also Treasurer Ben Hur Senaie No. o03, Knights of 
the Ancient Essenic Order. 



157 



GERMANIA 

Savings Bank and Trust Company, 

NEW ORLEANS, LA. 
Nos. 3n-3J5 CAMP STREET. 



CAPITAL STOCK, 
SURPLUS FUND, - 
UNDIVIDED PROFITS. 



$100,000.00 

500,000.00 

- 101,760.60 



OFFICERS. 



Mi:i:n.ii. i'rt.si.i..ni. 

(;. .\l). I'.L.AFFKl:. V 

II. 



ic- President and Cashier. 
A. WUI.FK, As.si.stant Casliier. 



SAVINGS, TRUSTS, SAFETY VAULTS, 
MORT(iAGES, COLLATERAL LOANS. i 

Our business is thoroug-hl}- prepared for all transac- 
tions in any of the above lines and we solicit 
interviews, in person or by letter, in 
reference to any matter con- 
nected therewith. 



DIRECTORS. 



.1. K. .MEUILII — l.iallicr and Firidintt,, N'o. 83ii Povdras Sireet 

A.VIZAUU Naval Sii.res. Ni> 5)9 Magazine SI reet 

.INO U. MKYKKS Molasses. No. 7.d Snuih Peters Street 

<'HAS V HULK AtiorEiev at Law, Masonic Tenii)le 

() T MAIER.. Secretary. No. 307 Camp Street 

«,. AD. BLAKFER Cashier. No. 311 Camp street 



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I^MO^JIS iiliiil. 




DAVID LEMLEY, 



Copper, Tin and 
Sheet Iron Works, 



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\ ~ -"• 1 

}■ 353-355 Baionne St. 901 to <?C5 Pcrdido St. \ 

I MCTV7 /-\DT tr A MC T /"M rrc-r a kt a \ 



NEW ORLEANS. LOUISIANA. 



gding! going!! gone!!! 



PHONE .il.=i 



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Stern^s Auction Exchange ] 

SUCCESSOR TO Kl). CCKTls { 

\ Removed to 344-346-348 Baronne St. near Perdjdo 
ArcTioNKF.i; SAM H. STERN ai'I'RAIser 
Auctions Wednesdays and Saturdays 



U 



Sales of > ery Description 
Respectfully Soliciiea . 



(iOODS TAKEN ON { 
STORAOEO'.sJ ; 



■Maid of the South'' 
Corn Mills 



Watertown Steam Engines 
and Boilers , 



Geo. L. Squire Sugar. Rice I 
and Coffee Machinery jj 



u 




Cameron Steam Pumps 



Deeming Hand and Pulley 
Pumps 



Shafting, Pulleys. Gearing 

Detachable Chain. Rubber 

and Leather Belting 



Standard Saw Mills and 
Hoisting Engines 



Van Winkle Cotton Gins, 

Feeders. Condensers 

and Presses 



714 PERDIDO STREET, 
NEW ORLEANS, LA. 

MGIII[R! 



P. DESMARIES, 

LEATHER AND 
SHOE FINDINGS 

SHOE STORE SUPPIES 

204 CHARTRES ST j* NEW ORLEANS 



-9$i$i$i$i$i$i$!$!$!$f$i$^<^^7$'$$$f$i$i$<$<$<$<$<$!$<$f$!$$i$-$i$<$<$<$^ 



I ^1 lartin vjteiaericn I 



Successor to MRS. F. HEIDERICH. 



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I PARLOR. BED AND DINING ROOM * 

i» 
Mattresses * 
Rattan Chairs * 
Matting * 

Rugs ^^ I 



* 



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Furniture, 



% REFRIGERATORS, 

f GO-CARTS. ETC. 



« 



I 2116-2118-2120 Magazine St.. | 

Belwien Josephine & Jackson. 

NEW ORLEANS, LA. 



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I NEW ORLEANS, LA. t 



JUDGE HENRY LAWRENCE LAZARUS. 

Our subject is one of the leading- lawyers of the 
city. He has had great success as an advocate and 
is employed in the most important cases, his success 
and ability commending him therefor. He has also 
occupied a place upon the bench liere as Judge of the 
Civil District Court. 

Judge Lazarus was born in Syracuse New York in 
1853. He received his education in New York city 
and in Baltimore. Md. His first employment was in 
a commercial vocation but he soon abandoned that 
for a career at the bar. He married Miss Sallie 
Solomon in 1S75. He has been active politically but 
of late has been devoted wholly to his profession. 

MR. FERDINAND GUMBEL. 

Mr. Gumbel is the well-known New Orleans cot- 
ton factor and commission merchant, a successful and 
wealthy business man of that line, and the owner 
also of several cotton plantations, living in style in 
the swellest part of fashionable St. Charles avenue. 

Mr. Gumbel was born in Bavaria in 1841. His edu- 
cation was acquired in the public schools of that 
country. He was clerk for a short time in Germany 
after his school days were over, but soon migrated, 
as so many ambitious young- men of the time were 
doing, to the "land of the free." He came South and 
was in business here when the Civil War broke out, 





JUDGE M. L. LAZARUS. 

but abandoned it and enlisted, passing through the 
usual vicissitudes and experiences of war time. After 
the war he eng-aged again in business, this time in 
New Orleans, and so continued till date. 

Mr. Gumbel married Miss Selma Feitel. He be- 
longs to the B'nai B'rith and besides being a sub- 
scribing member, takes a live interest in the work of 
Touro Infirmary and the Jewish Widows and Or- 
phans Home. 



SAMUEL hYMAN. 



MR. SAMUEL HYMAN. 

Mr. Hyman is of Hj-man-Hiller & Co., cotton fac- 
tors of New Orleans, one of the most prominent 
houses of that line in the trade. He was born in 
Poland in 1839, and was educated in part by a pri- 
vate instructor and in part at Summit, Miss., where 
he began his business career as clerk in a general 
store. He has other business interests also, brick 
yards and saw mills among them; also in sand and 
gravel and manufactures. He is vice-president of 
the Teutonia Insurance Co., of New Orleans, also of 
the Interstate Electric Co., a very important concern. 

Mr. Hyman married in 1879, Miss Adele Hiller. 
This marriage has been a happy one, fully exempli- 
fying the sentiment "two hearts that beat as one." 
He is a member of the Odd Fellows and the Masonic 
Order; also of the B'nai B'rith; also of the Touro 
Infirmary and Jewish Widows and Orphans Home. 
He resides in style on the famous residence street of 
New Orleans, St. Charles Avenue. 



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Independent Oil Refining Co. C. W. EICHLING, 



MANUFACTURERS and REFINERS, 

H. ARMBRUSTER. Proprietor 
341 'Old No. 67) GIROD ST. New Orleans. La. 



Illuminating Oils. ^ Lubricating Oils. 
Cotton Seed Oils. ^^^ Greases. 



Special Grades Put Up to Order. 
Warehouses on I C R. R. and New Basin Canal and Shell Road- 



' Bottles 

labels 

Corks 

bottle Caps 

Straw Covers 

Sealing' V\'ax 

Filtering Paper 

Bar Supplies 

Flasks 

Corking Machines 

Capping Machines 

Bottling Machines 

Bung Starts 

Beer riallets 

Hand Corkers 

Wood Faucets 
i Brass Faucets 

Sulphur Wicks 

Cork Pullers 

Demijohns 

Corkscrews, Etc. 

And General Sup- 
plifs for the Bar. 
Restaurant and 
Liquor Trade . . . 

Phone No. 1312 



MANUFACTURERS of 
SKELETON CASES 

t^ !^ S^ 

The LOUB AT 

Glassware and 
Cork Co,, Ltd* 

IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN 

Bottles, Glassware, Bar 
Goods, Corks, Crockery 

^^' ^^ i^^ 

510 to 51 6 BIENVILLE ST. 

Near Decatur. 

New Orleans. La. 



Seed Merchant, 



TELE PH ONE 2808-L 




SPi:CI.^LTII5S— f renlr and Bernnula Onion 
Sfeds and seis. Choice Seed Corn. Eastern 
Seed Poiaiots. .'^eeds lor Truck Karmens, 
Fruit 'I'rees. Roses. Flower Seeds and Planis 

407 Magazine St. 



Between Natchez and Poydras Sts 



NEW ORLEANS, LA 



A. H. WIGHT, President. 
SIDNEY STORY. Vice-President 
PA CAVAROC. Sec'y-Treas 



FSTABLISHED 1835. 



e^e^ 



CAVAROC 

COMPANY. Ltd. 



Importers Wines, 
Liquors, 
Olive Oil, Etc. 



Office & Salesroom, 
No. 151 BARONNE ST. 

Warehouse, 
No 227 DECATUR ST. 



TELEPHONE: CUMBERLAND 2759. 

NEW ORLEANS, LA. 



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J. FERRET, 






Carpenter and Cabinet Maker, 

Saloon, Store and Office Fixtures. 

i!KKi;iiii:ii.\'riM;s .\ni> l .\i.i, kinhs (if KKi'.vii; <{ 



ICK I'.o.NKS. 



WilJIK. 



Ki'siik'iicc. No. (il:; r..\i;iiN\K STKKK'I', 



shop, 1)111 lliirdiinc Sticcl. 



Xcw Orleans, La 



CONTINENTAL 
FIRE 

INSURANCE 
COMPANY 

OF NEW YORK 



V 623 Gravier Street, 



James Prevost 

Manager. 

New Orleans, La. .^ 



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MK. JACOB C. LAZARD. 

Mr. Jacob Lazard, or "Jake" as he is to his inti- 
mates is the son of C. Lazard, head of the well- 
known Canal street clothinjj- house, the C. Lazard 
Co., Ltd., and is himself vice-president of that com- 
pany, and secretary of its jobbing auxiliary, the New 
York and New Orleans Clothing- Co. He was born 
here, brought up in this city and here received his 
schooling, both literary and commercial. He is one 
of the representatives of the younger element of Jew- 
ish business men and far from least among them. He 
was formerly in the shoe business on St. Charles 
street here, but for some years has been associated 
with his father. 

Mr. Lazard has evinced a strong interest in the 
Young Men's Hebrew Association, and has been a 
liberal contributor to Jewish charities. 




JACOB C. LAZARD. 

MR. ARCHIBALD A. MARX. 

This gentleman is of note among the younger or 
native element of Jewish stock in New Orleans, as a 
highlv successful business man, and from his official 
connection with the Y.M.H.A, and LO.B.B., with the 
latter organization particularly. He stands high in 
its councils. He has been vice-president, treas- 
urer, president and delegate to the Constitutional 
Lodge, and has represented it as its director on the 
board of Touro Infirmary serving as chairman of that 
committee in charge of the erection of the part 
known as the Julius Weis Home. The plans in fact 
were drawn under his supervision, a high compliment 
to his business ability. He has been director also of 
the Y. M. H. A. 

Mr Marx was born here. He is a son of Mr. Solo- 
mon Marx a well-known old time business man. He 
is a graduate of the New Orleans schools. He ven- 
tured into business on his own account very early, 
and was in spices and grocers sundries for some time. 
He is now engaged in the oil trade and is secretary 
of Aschaffenberg & Co., Ltd., contracting plumbers, 
Carondelet street. 

Mr. Marx is a man of family. He lives in the fash- 
ionable uptown residence district known as Rosa Park. 




CUTHBERT SCHAEFER. 

MR. CUTHBERT SCHAEFER. 

Mr. Schaefer is of a prominent family of Yazoo 
City, Miss. He was born and reared and grew 
nearly to manhood there. Coming- here for a finish 
to his education he graduated from Tulane with a 
literary degree. He also took a course at Cornell 
University, New York, and was the recipient of high 
honors from that tilini niiiiei. Then starting out in 
the world, to carve out a career, he identified himself 
with a leading concern of contracting plumbers, 
leading in their line and assumed charge of their 
office. He is a partner in that firm, married, and a 
staunch Y. M. H. A. man, considered among those 
who have his acquaintance one of the most promising 
of our younger Jewish business element. 




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MR. HENRV GREENWALL. 

A man so long- in the Hmelig-ht of publicity as 
Henry Greenwall, scarcely needs an introduction. In 
the very nature of his business, from his lonjf service 
as a theatrical nianag-er, and purveyor of entertain- 
ment and pleasure to the people, he is one of the best 
known residents of New Orleans. 

Few men have had a more e.xtensive experience of 
the show business. He has been a leading- lig-ht in 
it for more than twenty years. Beginning in Texas 
he was manager of his own opera house at Galveston 
and built up a circuii embracing Dallas and other 
large cities of the Lone Star State. Later he opened 
up in New York. At present he is interested in the 
Baldwin-Melville syndicate, comprising stock shows 
in this city, Cincinnati and other large places North, 
and has put up for them in this city the finest 
theatre in the South. 

Following are houses of which he is lessee and 
manager: Greenwall Theatre, New Orleans; Savan- 
nah Theatre, Savannah, Ga ; Grand Opera Opera 
House, (lalvestori, Texas; Sweeney & Coombs Opera 
House, Houston, Texas; Greenwall Opera House, Fort 
Worth, Texas., and the Dallas Opera House, Dallas, 
Texas. He is president also of the American Theat 
rical Exchange, New York city. 

During his managerial career Mr Greenwall has 




HENRY QREENWALL. 

presented some of the costliest attractions and most 
famous stars on the road, Patti, Bernhardt, Booth, 
Coquelin and Irving- among others. 

This is the public side of his character. In private 
life he subscribes to the faitli of his fathers and con- 
tributes to the maintenance of the institutions of that 
faith. He is a liberal giver to charity and public 
purposes, and not alone to Jewish charity but to all 
whose merits commend them. 



MR. ALEXANDER LICHTENTAG. 

Mr. Lichtentag- is distinguished as a worker in one 
of the most useful Jewish institutions of the city, 
the Y. M. H. A. He was its secretary from its foun- 
dation until a year or two ago; and when he declined 
to serve longer was prevailed upon by his associates 
to remain a member of the Board of Directors, of 
which he is one, still. He has served the Association 
long and faithfully also as chairman of its Publica- 
tion Committee, supervising the "Owl" and its suc- 
cessor, the Y. M. H. A. Magazine 

He is secretary also of the Cong-regation Gates of 




EUGENE H. QUTMANN. 

Prayer, Jackson Avenue, one of the younger men 
taking an active interest in cong-regational affairs. 

Mr. Lichtentag is a native; he was born here in 
ISiiS and was educated in the public schools here. He 
is an educator by profession, conducting the Paragon 
Short Hand Institute, and is tfie author of the work 
"The Paragon System of Short Hand " He is Past 
Master of Jefferson Lodge of Masons and was Chan- 
cellor and Past Grand Representative in the K. of P. 



MR. EUGENE H. GUTMANN. 

Mr. Gutmann was the first financial secretarj- of the 
Young- Men's Hebrew Association and has held that 
office until to-day. He hns lieen secretary of Touro 
Infirmary and its collector; collector of the Jewish 
Widows & Orphans Home, and sexton and collector 
of Temple Sinai. He succeeded his father in the last 
named position. He is secretary also of Louisiana 
Council, Legion of Honor, and was for fifteen years 
in a trusted position with the great cotton house of 
H Abraham & Son in this citv. 

He was born here in 18()7 and received his education 
in the public schools of the city. He has an enviable 
record. His work is well done He is thoroughl}' 
business. The confidence reposed in him as a fidu- 
ciary is well merited; it speaks volumes as to his 
character. 





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H. ABKAHAM. 

of H. Abraham & Sons, Limited, Cotton and 
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WILLIAM H. BYRNES. 

President Hibernia Insurance Co. of New Or- 
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CHARLES A. FARWELL, 

of Milliken & Farwell, Sugar Merchants. 

S. V. FORNARIS, 

of S. V. P^ornaris & Co., Commission Mer- 
chants and Exporters. 

J. L. HEKWRi, 
Capitalist. 

C. L. KEPPLER, 

Wholesale Druggist 

J. H LEVY, 

of M. Levy & Sons, Cotton Factors. 

PATRICK McCLOSKEY, 

of McCloskey Bros., Commission Merchants. 

THOS. McDERMOTT, 
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S. ODENHEIMER, 

of the Lane Cotton Mills. 

W. L. SAXON, 

of Smith Bros. & Co.. Ltd . Wholesale Grocers 
and Importers. 

MAX. SCHWABACHER. 

of J. & M. Schwahacher, Ltd., Wholesale 
Grocers and Importers. 

J. M. VER(iNOLE. 
Wholesale Liquors. 

SOL WEXLER. 

of Julius Weis & Co., Bankers and Cotton 
Factors. 

F. B. WILLIAMS. 

Lumber Manufacturer. 

JOHN A. WOCiAN, 

of Wogan Bros , Molasses Refiners. 

T. B LAMPTON. 

GEO. H. RICHEY. 

GEORGE CLAY. 



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LEON L. SHWARTZ. 

MR. LEON L. SHWAKTZ. 

Mr. Shwartz is the well-known Canal Street mer- 
chant, formerly of A. Shwartz & Sons, but since 
188') in business in the dry g-oods, millinery and ladies 
furnishing's line by himself. This is a popular es- 
tablishment handling- as specialties fine tailor made 
suits, bridal trousseaux and outfits; etc., in short a 
first class establishment. 

Mr. Shwartz has been in this trade over twenty- 
five vears. He was born in this city and was brought 
up to the business from his youth. He has naturally 
a large circle of acquaintances and friends. He is a 
Mason and has filled hig-h offices in the Order. He 
belong-s also to the Pythian Order and the American 
Leg-ion of Honor; alst) to the Prog-ressive Union, as a 
member of which he has lent his aid to further the 
best interests of the city of his nativity in the promise 
of whose future he is a firm believer. In Jewish af- 
fairs he also takes a lively interest. 



MR. DAN A. ROSE. 

In the business world Mr. Rose is known as the 
head of one of the principal g-eneral insurance ag-en- 
cies of the city, situated on Gravier street in the quar- 
ter devoted to the cotton trade and as one of the most 
active, enterprising- and successful underwriters 
here. Among- our Jewish residents he has been 
conspicuous throug-h his interest in and work in be- 
half of the Young- Men's Hebrew Associatit)n, of 
which he has been a director. 

Mr. Rose is a subscribing- member also of the prin- 
cipal Jewish charities. He belonj^s to the Harmony 
Club and to a number of orders and fraternities. 





ADOLPH GOOD. 

MR. ADOLPH (;OOI). 

Mr. (iood is Secretary and Treasurer of the Boston 
Shoe Store Co., Canal street, one of the principal con- 
cerns of the city. He was born in London, Eng-land, 
in 18o4, but came to this country many years ag-o. 
For a time at first he was clerk in the wholesale gro- 
cery business in Galveston, Tex. From there he 
came here. 

Mr. (lood is one of the directors of the Young- Men's 
Hebrew Association. He belong-s also to the Elks 
and to the Clerks Mutual Benevolent Asst)ciation of 
this city. He married Miss Julia Kaufman about 
six years ag-o. 



MR. DAVID GOLDSTEIN. 

Those who are familiar with Touro Infirmary, an 
institution which is the pride of the Jewish people 
hereabouts, know that efficient and courteous official 
who presides over the clerical department. 

Mr. Goldstein is a native. He was born here in 
18(>2. He acquired his education in the public schools 
here, and was an apt scholar. His first employment 
was with his father, Pincus Goldstein, as a jeweler. 
He remained with his father for eleven vears and on 
his death assumed charg-e oi the business. 

Mr. (xoldstein is a subscribing- member of Touro 
Infirmary and the Jewish Home. He belong-s to the 
B'nai B'rith, the Hebrew Benevolent Association, the 
Cong-reg-ation Ciates of Prayer and the Knig-hts of 
Pythias. 




DAN A. ROSE. 



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MR. GUSTAVE MOSKS. 

Mr. Moses is the senior member of G. Moses & 
Sons, ranking- amonu- the most successful and artistic 
[)hotog-raphers t)f the country. Theirs is the oldest 
g-allery here, and they have received many special 
awards, g-old medals among- them, at the photo- 
^[•raphers conventions for their work in g-eneral, min- 
iature and other special branches of portraiture. So 
loni;- and successfully indeed, has Mr. Moses been in 
intimate relations with the people of New Orleans 
and its visitors, as to be almost a public character. 

Three g-enerations of this family have been en- 
g-ag-ed in this profession. Mr. Moses' son. Will, is 
the third. His g-rand-father. the late S. Moses, the 
fatlier of G Moses, who founded the business, was one 
af the American pioneers in the art of photog-raphy. 
Mr. Moses himself was instructed in his earlier years 
in the mvsteries of the dag-uerrotype. The son is 
an artist as photographer and is a writer on photo- 
graphv as well. Thev are representatives both, cer- 
tainly, in the full meaning- o1 the term of a profes- 
sion which their family has done much to advance. 




HAX SAHSON. 

MR. MAX SAMSON. 

Mr. Samson is proprietor of the pharmacy at 117 
Camp street, one of the few establishments strictly 
devoted to drugs and pharmaceutical jjreparations in 
this cit}'. Prescriptions are a specialty with it. 

Mr. Samson is of note in his profession as a direc- 
tor of the New Orleans College of Pharmacy and as 
a member of the State Board of Pharmaceutical Ex- 
aminers; positions indicating his standing in the 
business. He was born here and was educated at the 
Hebrew School of this city. Having graduated from 
it he determined to take up pharmacy as a business 
and matriculated at Tulane for that purpose. At 
the same time, in order to secure practical as well as 
theoretical knowledge of it he secured a place in a 
drug store. He graduated with honors in 1882 and 
took a place with I. L. Lyons & Co., in the prescrip- 
tion department. Here he remained several years 
and made a name for himself. 

Mr. Samson is a member of the American, the 
National, the State and the Orleans Pharmaceutical 
Associations. He belongs to the Masons, the Knights 
of Pvthias and the Progressive Union. 





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DR. ERNEST A. WHITE. 

Dr. White is the veterinary of the New Orleans 
Fire Department and has a reputation in the profes- 
sion which draws to him no little private practice as 
well. He is a native of the city, still a voung man, 
onlv thirty-one this year, and in making choice of a 
profession followed in the footsteps of his father the 
late H. A. White, who ranked among the American 
experts in veterinary surg-ery. 

Dr. White himself is a graduate of the Universitv 
of Pennsylvania one of the most complete of the 
higher educational institutions of the country. Its 
veterinary department is the leading- school of the 
kind in America. Dr. White g-raduated from it with 
the hig-hest honors. He has since had eight years 
practice and has earned reputation as a successful 
"vet" which after all is the test. 




DR ERNEST A. WHITE. 



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MEYER H. GKADWOHL. 

Mr. Ciradwohl is chief of staff in the great depart- 
ment house of the Maison Blanche in this cit}'. He 
is a man still comparative younjf, who has risen by 
his own abilities and exertions from a place in the 
ranks, and deservins,'- according- to the accepted stan- 
dard in modern business, due credit for his successes. 

He was born and raised, as the ])hr;ise is, in New 
Orleans, and got his education in the common schools 
of the city. An ambitious lad, he began at an early 
as"e to earn a living. His first situation was as cash 
bov in a store near one of the markets. 

For many years he was with the Fellman's, and for 
a time was a (lei)artment manager for Leon Fellman. 
When the Maison Blanche was established he went 
with S J. Shwartz & Co., the first proprietors as 
New York buyer. In this responsible i)i)sition he 
was markedly successful. 

He is a leading member of the Young Men's Gym- 
nastic Club. 




HEYER H. ORAUWOHL. 




ALBERT ASCHAHHENBERQ. 

MR. ALBERT ASCHAFFENBERG. 

Here we refer to the well-known business man 
head of the A. Aschaffenberg Co., Ltd., a leading 
liouse here in the plumbing and plumbers supplies 
line, the one which furnished the plumbing for the 
St. Charles Avenue palaces of Maurice Stern, Isidore 
Newman, Gus Lehman, Jr., and others He is of 
note also among the Jewish residents of the city for 
the interest he has manifested in and the service he 
has rendered the Y. M. H. A. 

Mr. Aschaffenberg was born here and e.xcept for a 
short term s])ent in Chicago in business has made 
this city his home. He was identitied with the Y. 
M. H. A., l)efore he left here, and resumed his con- 
nection with it when he returned. His work for it 
on its Entertainment Committee, and its Building 
Committee and as director of it has been of the most 
serviceable character. 



MR. M. .1. WOLF. 

Marcus Junius Wt)lf. is the full name of our sub- 
ject. He has a wide aci|uaint;ince through his con- 
nection with many organizations as Touro Infirmary, 
the Widows' and Orphans' Home, the Young Men's 
Hebrew Association, the U'nai B'rith and Harmony 
Club. Also among secular concerns, the P^lks, Knights 
of Pythias, Travellers Protective Association, Patri- 
otic Order Sons of American and others. He has 
been on the Board of Touro. and of the Widows and 
Orphans Home, and has been \'ice-President of the 
Y. M. H. A. 

Mr. Wolf is of the well-kn.iwn tirin of B. J. Wolf 
& S(ms, manufacturers of clothing. This business 
he has folk)wed since early manhood. He was born 
in New York city in \SF^'). He married in 189.i Miss 
(iertrude Levi whose loss a short time since only 
he mourns. 




n. J. WOLF. 



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-^rp:ferences : - 

Whiliii-v Naliun;il I'.aiik. 
IlilK'i'iiin l!:iTilv ;iim1 I'nisi 
('<)m|);iiiv. Nrw ()rlLaii>. 
I'irsl National Uaiik. 
( 'miiiiHTcial N a 1 i n ri a I 
I'laiik, Ijiiiistiiii, 'I'l'XaK. 

'Hi: 



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New York, 

Chicag'o, 

And Princii);tl 

Points of 

Texas, Louisiana, 

Mississippi, 

Arkansas 

And Tennessee. 



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COTTON, STOCKS, 
BONDS, GRAIN, 
PROVISIONS AND 
COFFEE ^^^jt'ju.ji 

Main Office: New Orleans, Gravier and Carondelet Sts. 
Opposite the Cotton Exchange. 

Telephone Main No- 1139. 
Main Branch. HOUSTON. TEXAS 



MEMBERS: 

New Orleans Cotton Exchanfi^e. 

New Orleans Future Brokers' Association. 

New York Cottoi Exchange. 

New York Coffee Exchange. 

Chicago Board of Trade. 

Associated Members Liver])ool C'otton Ass'n. 



J. I). HAYWAKI), 

A. J. VICK, 

J NO F. CLARK. 



Nkw Yokk 

COK R ESPON I lEXTS : 

J. S. BACHE & CO. 



Chicac'.o 

CORKRSPONnKNTS : 

BARTLETT, FRAZIER AND 
CARRINGTON. 



'1 
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V Dauphine Street. Near Canal. 

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ALL PRINCIPAL THEATRES Wl THIN A BLOCK. \ 

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j'* Everything the market affords. A la Carte and Table D'Hote 



A Few Desirable Rooms. 



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716 PERDIDO STREET, 



Near St. Charles, 



New Orleans. La. i 




Chas. Eble, 

FL0RI5T 

Flowers for all Occasions 
and at all Seasons- 

STORE. 

106 BARONNE ST. 

GARDEN. 

l503 Upperline near 
St. Charles Ave. 

Phones. New Orleans, La. 

Main ■.U'-if \V. UliKiuii 711! W, 



P. n. LONGSHORE, 



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LOITGSHOIIE S, CO., 

206-208 Carondelet St, 

MEMBERS OF 

New Orleans Cotton Exchange, 

New Orleans Stock Exchange, 

New Orleans Board of Trade, 

New Orleans Future Brokers' Ass'n, 

Assuciate Members Liverpool Cotton Excha 



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MK. FELIX U. LEVY. 

Among the representative business houses founded 
years ag"0 whose story of success is part of the com- 
mercial history of Louisiana, is tlie well-known firm 
of Levy, Ivoeb & C-o., of New Orleans. This success 
was based upon the honor and integrity of its foun- 
ders, gentlemen who, to succeed, bent every effort 
to preserve its prestige untarnished. 

The worthy senior member of this firm, Mr. Feli.x 
n. I.,evy, was born in Hellimer, a picturesque Alsa- 
tian town on January 17, IS.^d, when the colors of 
France waved proudly from tiie Ocean to the Kiver 
Khine. Mr. Levy enjoyed exceptionally good oppor- 
tunities for an education. He received in his native 
land a common school education. This was followed 
by a college course. His studies, however, were in- 
terrupted when he had attained the age of fourteen 
by a desire to seek his destiny in the United States. 
So it came about that among" the arrivals ^n the eve 
of the New Year of IS.^0 was this aspiring Alsatian 
youth. 

Mr. Levy proceeded to Franklin, St. Mary's Parish, 
La., where iiis first emplovment wasasclerk in a dry 
goods store. He was painstaking and desirous to 
please his employer and the customer. He evinced a 
taste for business. His thrift may be judged by the 
fact that by rigid economy, in a short space of time 
he accumulated sufficient money to go into business 
on his own account. His venture proved most suc- 
cessful and for years following the future gave 
promise of realizing his fondest dreams. 

At the /.enith of what Mr. f^evy then considered 
his career the war between the States began. To all 
intents and j)urposes he was a Southerner, hence he 
cast liis lot with his people, entered the Confederate 
Army, and continued wearing the "(iray" until the 
finale at Appomatto.x. 

His war record was in accord with his reputation 
before and since the internecine struggle, honorable 
and without blemish. Leaving Franklin in the hey 
da}' of manhood, leaving his business and all cher- 
ished ties, he proceeded to a Camp of Instruction 
where, after six months he was promoted Sergeant- 
Major and acting Adjutant of the Camp. He was 
then transferred to the Subsistence Department, 
Major Phillips commanding, on the staff of Gen. 
Richard Taylor. 

Subsccjuently he was ordered to report at the I'ost 
Commissary Department located at Alexandria, La., 
where he remained until Banks' army moved toward 
Shreveport. The Confederates retreated to Mans- 



field, and there General Taylor took up a position. 
The day before the battle at Mansfield Mr. Levy 
issued S.OOO rations to the "Boys in (iray" and. when 
lie is in reminiscent vein he tells of the time "when 
S,(){)i) Confederates faced 2S.n(ii) Yanks, whipped them 
and forced them to retreat." 

After this battle at Mansfield Mr. fyevy was trans- 
ferred to (General Terrell's Brigade, Texas Cavalry, 
which disltanded at Corsicana, Texas, at the time 
Lee faced Grant fur the last time. On June 2S, 1S(>.=.. 
Mr. Levy wos parolkd at Alexandria, La., iind 
thence he returned to Franklin and began life anew. 

On March 1, ISbf), Mr. Levy bade adieu to his 
friends and companions in Franklin. They wit- 
nessed his departure with regret. He came then to 
to the city of New Orleans, and here has since re- 
sided. Shortly after he entered commercial life here 
as one of the firm of Simon, Loeb A Joseph, after- 
wards Simon, Loeb & Levy, and later Levy. Loeb, 
Scheuer & Co., and finally with continued prosperity. 
Levy, Loeb & Co., one of tlic prominent houses of 
the present. Mr. Levy is now the senior partner. 

Personally Mr. I^evy is a <|uiet and unassuming 
gentleman and only those who know him intimate] v 
would recognize in him a man who, in the cause of 
the Confederacy, braved death on many a hotlv con- 
tested battle-field with the nonchalance of a true 
Frenchman. Years ago while resident in Franklin, 
he became a Mason of Franklin I^odge No. .^7 and 
later, penetrated the mysteries of the vails in the 
Koyal Arch Chapter. His Masonic course won for 
him, not only the regard of his Brother Masons, but 
the distinction of Honorary Membershij) in his 
Mother Lodge also. 

Since taking up his residence in New Orleans Mr. 
Levy has been identified with Congregation Temple 
Sinai, the Order B'nai B'ritli, the Free Sons of Israel 
and the Associations dedicated to the Jewish Or- 
phans' Home and Touro Infirmary and the Harmony 
Club 

While Mr. Levy is a practical man of afi'airs he 
still finds time for the little amenities of fraternal 
and social life and is, in his modest way, influential as 
well as earnest, in his efforts for the betterment of 
civic conditions or in the interest of his less fortunate 
brethren. 



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Office, 138 Carondt let Street, 



YARD5: Corner Clio and ria}>'nolia .streets. 
Corner Press and Burgundy Streets. 



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TELEPHONE 522. 




Undertaker and Embalmer. 

U 12-11 16 Dryades Street, 

Oppsile SI. Jiihn ihvir. b. 

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NEAR CANAI. STREET. 

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Exhibition Games Nightly. 

JOHN MILLER, Proprietor. 



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MR. HKNKY BUKK. 

Mr. Block is tlif lu-ad of tlu- wholfsak- li(|u<>r lumsf 
of Henry Block & Co., Tclunipitonlas street, New- 
Orleans. He has taken a threat interest in the work 
of the Yountf Men's Hebrew Association, has been a 
director of it in fact. He is a member of the Harmony 
Club; also of the Ur])hans' Home and Tonro Intirmarv 
and is a worshipper at Teni])le Sinai. 

Mr. Block was born in Cincinnati in IS,^'*. He be- 
g-an his business career in the li([iior business, and 
has followed it ever since successfully, and has ac- 
quired interests aside from it in various lines. He 
married in 18S5 Miss Florence Lazard. 




HENRY E. OUMBEL. 

MR. HENKY E (iUMBEU 

The portrait shown herewith is that of one of the 
younger and native element of Jewish Imsiness men 
of the Crescent City, one of those doing- credit to 
their derivation and to the paternal example and 
training. It is the ])ortraitof Mr. Henry E. tiuinbe'. 
Secretary of the old and substantial cotton house of 
S. Gumbel & Co., (iravier street, factors highly re- 
garded on 'Change and in the cotton world generally. 

Mr. Gumbel was born here, and here also received 
his education. He belongs to the Y. M H. A and 
Harmony Club and other Jewisii organizations and 
aftiliates with the Congregation of the Temple. 




HENRY BLOCK. 

MR. MORRIS ABRAHAM. 

The picture here presented is that of Mr Morris 
Abraham, of H. Abraham I't Sons, Cotton Factors, 
Baronne street, a leading house of New e)rleans for 
years in that line, with New York connections also, 
making it well-known and influential on 'Change 
there. Our subject is the second son of Mr. Henry 
Abraham, head of the house, is a native of the city, 
and a product of its schools, and has been identified 
with the local management as its representative in 
the Exchange for a considerable time. He is a club 
man, and a liberal subscriber to the charities of the 
faith_he j)rofesses. 




MORkIS ABRAHAn. 



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SPARKLING 

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Makes a perfect 
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ABITA SPRINGS WATER CO . LTD 

508 POYDRAS STREET. 

BOTTLED AT SPRINOS PHONt 2000 



Chronometer Depot and Navigation Emporium. 



Widow LOUIS FRIGERIO, 

OPTICIAN. 



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■M DEALER IN .* 

Chronometers, Fine Watches, 
Clock, and Nautical Goods. 

Mnllif niMtic.-il. l'liilo.-io[.ihic:il ;iiiil 
Xaiilii'iil liistriiiiifiit 

1015 Canal Street, 

New Orleans. 

Eyes Tested Free. 



COMMOOOffE 







H.C. Ramos, ^^(^i^^i^^ 

DISTRIBUTOR. 




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Dr. Brown's Sarsaparilla 
Tonice?* 



y Imperial 
Cabinet, 



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M. C. RAMOS. Proprietor. 



FOR THE BLOOD. 

Celery Tonic, 

FOR THE NERVES. 



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302=304 CARONDELET STREET, ., ^^^ 
Opposite Cotton Exchange, 
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JOS. MAOfNtK. 

AIR. |( )Si':rii ma(;\i-;k. 

All liciii(ii\-(l naiiir in thr Jewish ciuiiniuiiily (jf W'W 
< )rk;ms is tliis mu-; i1k- iiaiiu' of a man pcrsistciil and 
w iinlf-lirarti.'il in tin- faith. ikAntcil to llic charities and 
fraternal instilntiuiis ni the race, lnnj; oiie of the |)illars 
lit 'I'uDrc) lnfirniar\ and inn;; Cdiispic'.iously i(lentifie(! 
with the ii'nai li'rith urder. The fdllowing' from one of 
llu lewisli perioiheals slows clearlv in wiiat estimation 
lie i.s held: 

■•( )ii iM-iday. • )ct. _>S. .\lr. .Manner eelrlirated his jotli 
liirthdav and on that oceasion was the recipient of marked 
attiiition and honor. ! )n the eveninj; previou.s a si)ecial 
joint session of the local Uxli^es of ll'nai LVritli was held 
and resohitions con!.;ratulatinj; him and reviewdii!:^ his ser- 
vice for the order were adopted, iudotjistic addresses ac- 
C( nipained dicni. 

'"< )ii l''rida\" further compliment was paid him. Rev. 
I.enchl otierc<l a s|K'cial praver for .Mr. .Mai^ner diirins;' 
sirvice at Tuoro .S\ nai;o.L;ne and after the service the 
lli^ards oi Tnoro liihrniar\' aiul the Ori)hans"' Home 
jointh |)reseiilcd him with a set of resolutions, hand- 
sonii'lv en,iL;rav<.(l on parchment, seltint;' forth the cliarita- 
iile work accomplished i)\ him dnrinj; the last 50 years. 
Hr. Leiicht presented these resolutions and alont;" with 
them the further testimonial of a silver lo\in<;g cup from 
his maii\' friends." 

Tuoro Infirmarx traces hack to a period lout; ante- 
dating; the L'ivil War; lint in its present sliat)e it was 
icalK reori^anized and reconstituted after the terrihle 
\ellow fe\'er epidtniic of 1X7K. In that reors^fanization, 
with Ke\'. Hr. ( lulheini and L. 1!. Cain, Mr. 
.\lai;iK-r was oik of the |iromineiit rt,t;'ures and 
was the secretar\- elected at the time, and he 
has hc;-n identified with its management ever 
since. • le Itas also heen chairman of the Board of Mana- 
i.;ers of the UwisM Widows" and ( )r|)hans' Home: and 
when the Marmoiu 'c'luh comhine 1 with the old Companx' 
C'itih in i.S-2. Ik was ele.'tcd the first secretary of the new 
01 oanizatioii. 

Joseph Masquer, s;i\.s another account, is a native of 
llamhurL;-. (lerniany. He came to -\iiierica when he was 
nnieteen \ eai s <if a.n'e, reached .\ew Orleans in 1848, and 
went into the steamhoat husiness. wdiich he f<illowed for 
three \ears. He was b(X)kkeener in a cotton house for 
three years more, and then entered the army. He took 
part in the hatties of t'hickamausa. Stonehri(Iy;e and Mur- 
freesboro. 

.\fter tile war closeil. he returned to this citv, and re- 
sumed his cluf-'es as liookkeepcr. In Vkj he went into the 



insurance husim-ss, wiiicli he lias followed e\-er since. 
Mr. Ma.i^ncr has never married, devoting- himself to the 
care of thi' widow and children of liis brother. 

-Mr. .Magner was one of the incorporators of the Jew- 
i^h i' lome .V^sociation, and was its .secretarv for eight 
\ears. lie is the onl\ surviving founder of the Touro 
Infirmary .\ssociatioii. 

He was one of the founders of tile 'I'diple Sinai con- 
gregation, is an e.\-president of the Touro In- 
firmary .Association, and, was its secretarv for 
eight years. Hi' was the secretarv also of the 
1 lei ire w iSenevoleiU .Association, which was the 
parent of both the ( )rphans' Home .Association 
and the Touro Innrmarv .Association. He has been a 
prominent nicmlier iov many years of the Ii'nai H'rith. 
and was the first president of the Young Men's Hebrew 
.\ssociation. Mr. Magner is now seventv-six vcars old, 
and as deepl\ interested iii the Jewish iiliil.iiithiTipies as 
ever. 



M 



i:r.\IvST m. L( )I-.i:. 

UK of the nn)st active and successful of 



Mr. L.oi'ii is 

the Imsiness nnii of .Vew < )rleans. He is considered as 
one of the -iirewdest also. Me is president of tlie Haubt- 
iran iK: Loeb Co., manufacturers and dealers in machinery, 
one of the largest concerns of the kind here, president 
of the Diana lirick (!<: Tile (\>., president of the Afetro- 
politan Lami Id., president of the I'ine Island Mercan- 
tile Lo., and is interested in a number of other mercantile 
and industrial enterprises. His judgement in tlie matter 
of .\ew ( irieans real estate has been |.iroven both ex- 
cellent and far sio-hted. 

1 louston, Texas, in 18(17 wliich 
Me received his education in 
Schools and began life as an 
of the very establishment of 
w hich he is n.ow die bea I. 

Mis wife, whom he mat lied about seven years ago, was 
Miss J'dka l'"reem,-iii. Me is a Chapter Mason and Blue 
Lodge .\lasoii, a member of the Xew Orleans Progressive 
Cnion and prominenl in the deliberations and iniblic 
f.iovenipnts of the Pioard of Trade. He is also vice presi- 
dent of the Parkways Cnmniission of the citv. His Tewish 
affiliations are with tlie Y. M. H. .A.. Tuoro Infirmary 
ami the AA'iiiows and < )rnlian's Home. 



.Mr. l.oeb was born in 
makes him only _^j now. 
the -Mew ( )rleaiis Public 
a| prentice in the shops 




ERNES I M. LOEB. 



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MR. SAM I I'LL 



WORMS. 



MERMAN J. SEIHEKln. 



iii-:kMA\ 



SI'.IFERTH. 



A -ipk-iicid fxaniiili.' .il llu' >iK\"cssful Jew in jdurnal- 
isiii is i!u alilc anil popular cit\ (.-ditcir ni tlic Picayitiic. 
wIm, as a w riur himself, \vr iiia\ piTiiiil to tell his own 
stiir\. W c' lake liis autoiiiotiraphy from ;i piihlication to 
x'.hieh >t was eoiitriluUed some time ago by Mr. .Seiferth : 

"Permit me to sa\ that I was horn in X'ashilisiiok. a 
villaii^e near ( irodno, in Russia. ( )ctoher 31. \S(\^. I 
learned some I h'brew hefore I came to .\merica, in 1868. 
My father had jireceded us to the I'nited States, and we 
remained in .\ew ^'ork• onK a few weeks, icoing' to C(i- 
hmihiis, Indiana, where we settled and F began my Eng- 
lish t-(lucatioti. The next vear we moved to .St. Louis, 
and a year later to Xew < )rleans, so that I have been here 
a (|iiarter of a eentur\ . 

"1 '.vent through tin- public sciionls, graduating froir 
the high school in l)eceml)er. 187S. I'.efore that time Dr. 
(iutheim. ;'f blessed memi)r\. ami my father had agreed 
that I would be an ornament to the Jewish ministry. The 
bekn'ed doctor hail arranged for mv strulies at the He- 
brew I'liion College, Cincinnati, and in the meantime de- 
voted a great deal of his time to giving me (irivate in- 
st'uction. 

"I'lUt there is a ilestim which shapes our ends. Jour- 
nalism had idreadx claimed nu' for its own. 1 had al- 
ready conducled half a dozen amateur ])apers. and even 
earned money ii\ (idd jobs on various weeklies. Lacking 
the moral courage to oppose the plans of nn would-be 
benefactors. \ siipply gave them the slip, and missed the 
chance lield out to me. Then also L. V>. Cain, another 
Jew wlio should always be revered, tliought commercial 
hfi' iu\ l(>i/r, and 'aid plans to send me to ^fatamoras to 
reci'ive m\ mercantile education. T was franker with 
him. I had alreadv approaciux! Mrs. Xicholson with an 
apfieal to take me into the Pirnviiiir office, and asked Mr. 
Cain to aid along that lire. Mrs. Xicholson told me af- 
terwards that his recommendation was verv strong, and 
on March 4, 1870. T entered nrofessional life. 

"()f course, mv Sole i.'ca in consigning mvself t<i the 
perpetual povertv of ])rinter's ink, was to show that the 
Jew's aim was not altogether wealth. .\nd of course, for 
tile sole purpose of showinng that there was no prejudice 
against tiie Jews, the Picayiiiir nronroted me to the city 
editorship in .Vusjust. 1803 The other important event 
of m\- life was m\ marriasre on December iTi, 188S. at 
Meridian. Miss., tf Miss Cecilia Cohen. She and three 
children sur\ive tliis sketch. 



.Mr. Worms is of .S. E. Worms & Co., Ltd.. fiirmerly 
Daisheimer & Worms, a leading house in the wholesale 
iK.t'ons and furnishing goods line at Xew Orleans. ,;nd 
one of the oldest in the trade there. Mr. Worms i it-; 
i'.ead and has been identied with it from the start. 

.Mr. Worm.s was Imrn in Clinton. La., in 1852. He was 
ii!ucated there and at Speyer. Cerm:m\. lie lias been in 
mi-rcainile business ever since he luiit school, He is a 
.Mason, a member of the Ilarmonv Club and. of the new 
.\Krchants' Club of .Xew ( )rleans. lie lielongs also to 
the l>"nai l'."rith and is a member of various charitable 
bodies. Touro Tniirmary and Jewish Orphans' Home 
cliii-l .'unoiig them. 



JOSI''.l'll 11. .MARKS. 

Joseph H. -Marks vva.s 'lorn in the cit\ of Xew York, 
e'ghty seven \ears ago. His boxhood was passed in 
.^outli Canjlina. lie came to .Xew ' )rleans when he 
was twenty years of age. to join his brother, 1. .X. Marks 
in the wliolesale grocery business. Thev operated under 
the tirm nami' of Josepn H. and I. X. Marks successfully 
111. til the capture of Xew ( )rleans, when Joseph Marks 
was banished for refusing to take the oath of allegiance. 
He went to ( oliimbia, S. t"., wdiere he reinained until the 
close of the war. .and in later years returned to Xew 
Orleans to resume business here. Tn the meantime his 
beautiful home had been confiscate<l and sold. Misfor- 
tmie accompanied him to .South Carolina, as well, for 
there he was liiirned out by .Sherman's army. 

.\fter the war .Mr. .Marks took up his residence in Xew 
^'ork, where he managed a liranch business. He stayed 
tin re for fifteen \ears. before settling again finally in 
Xew Orleans. 

Mr. Marks liad ideiitilied himself with the Jewish con 
gregations as soon .is lie c;mie to .Xew Orleans, and he 
was readily drawn into the ( )r|)hans' Home Association. 
He was one of its directors froiu the beginning, and 
has maintained his interest in it ever since. 

Mr. Marks retired from active busiiii'ss life in 1880. 
and has since lived in retiri'ineiit with his lamilw 




JOSRPM M. MARKS. 



176 — 




L0UI5 5ILVHRSTEIN. 

MR l.!)l"fS SirA'F.RSTF.lX. 

'S\v. SilveTstein is sriiior nR'nilxT ui the firm of L. Sil- 
vcrstcin iS: Sons, niaiiilaining' tlinc cnvkerv stores in 
Xcw ( )rk-;nis. The iirni consists .11 Mr. Silvcrstein and 
two SI ins. riie\- do h.ith a wholesale and retail business 
and eiijtiy a ver\' large and profitable trade. 

Mr. Louis Silverstcin. to whom these paragrapiis per- 
tain, is a native cf Warsaw. J'uland. Me was born in 
i><y) anil is therefore this vear ( 11)04) '11 'lis sixty-fifth 
\<.ar. Me came I0 this eountr\- in 1S73 as orthodox 
Rabl.i and iiioliii, and this was his first employment in 
New ( )rleans. 

In 1SS3 he embarked in the crockery inisircss, and with 
tlic assistance of his sovis has since btiilt up the very ex- 
tensive business to whic'ii reference has been made. He 
still exercises the nffice of viobci He is identified with 
tile Jewish charities. 

Mis familv n sidence is on I'.aronne street, in a quarter 
much favored bv Jewish residents of the well-to-ilo and 
nn'ddle class. 



(;r-\"i-:RAL .\i)! )Li'ii .\iI':vI'.r, m. c. 

A hii.;ii iifticia! nf Jewish birth and faith is the Con- 
gressman from this the I'irst District of Louisiana, Gen. 
Ad. Aleyer. Mis standinsj among national legislators 
and his service lo this comnumitv are alike indicated in 
tlie fact that he is now serviuL;' his thirteenth vear and 



seventh term. Mis work as a member of the committee 
of naval atTairs of the House of RciM'csentatives has been 
s]X'cially efl'ectiw In him very largely is due the costly 
inqirovement of the Xew ( )rleans Xaval .Station, the ap- 
projiriations for levees and for the work of tiie jetties, at 
the month of the river, the gatewav to this harbor. In 
other matters alsn iie has secured imiiortant ailvantagcs 
for his city and for Louisiana. Me is in fact one of those 
invaluable workers who somehow accomplisii things for 
their constitnei;cv ; one nut lacking theoratorical gift al- 
together, but cbii-lly a man nf actinn and a worker. The 
sugar, rice, lumber and nther local interests h;ive at iiis 
liands special attention. 

(ien. A[e\er was a -Indent at tlu' I 'ni\ersit\' ni \'ir- 
ginia when tlu' ('ivil war came on. Me enlisted fnr ihat 
war nn the Cnnfederali.' si<!e as aid tn ( len. JoIti S. Wil- 
liams of Kentuclcx, w bn wrote nf him: ".\[r. Meyer 
served on iiiy staff during the entire Civil war. Me was 
]. re-eminent for soldierly qualities — courage, fidelit;.-. en- 
dmance * ''■' a natural born soldier '■' •'■ ■■'■ of re- 
sourcefulness and unsurpassed dexntinn to dut\." 

After the war ard until he tonk uj) public life (ien. 
^.Teyer was engaged for many years in the cotton trade. 
Herein likely was developed the practical business apti- 
tuiie whicbi he exini-.il> in his cai)acity of congressman. 
He has been lirigadier general in the .State militia and is 
prnmincntl\- identified with the Masonic order. 



MR. MVl'.R LI-:MAXX. 



Mr. Lemu'in is of the great cotton house of 11. Abra- 
ha.ni iK: Son, one of the foremost here 1 m 'Change. Thev 
sre in the cnttnn comnn'ssion Ijusiness. Mr. L M. Abra- 
ham, nne of the firm, was. mp to his untimeK- demise, a 
shnrl wlnle IjacK", treasurer of the I'otton Lxchange of 
.Xew ( )rleans. 

Mr. Lenir.im has besides cither extensive interests. He 
is a sugar planter witli several plantations and conducts a 
L'lrge co;mtr\- store where these interests are located. 

1 le was l)orn in .Xew ^"nrk City about 46 years ago. and 
was educated in the schonls of Xew ^"ork, .Xew ( )r!eans, 
and Mayence. (iermany. He Ijegan his business career 
as clerk in a countr\- store at Honaldsonville. La., and 
from that modest station has risen tn a partnership in the 
famous house of H. .\braham & ,Snn, and to be one of the 
leading mercharits of the cotton trade in Xew Orleans. 

Air. Leniann iias family as well as property interests; 
about twenty years ago lie married Afiss Carrie Abra- 
ham. He is a member of the Knights of Honor, the A. 
( ). l\ 'A'., and the P.'nai B'rith : also of the Harmony 
Chill. Touro Infirmary and the Jewish Widows" and Or- 
phans' Home. 

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.\1K. (.MAS. W. COHEX. 

Mr. Cnlicii is maiia.i^tr for Leonard Krowcr. k-adiiii;- 
wliok'salc and manufacturing- jeuck-r of Xcw (^)rleans 
Ik I)cj;;an willi Mr. KrowtT as office l)ov and lias risen to 
liis jjresent responsilile station with the iiouse strictK on 
liis merits. 

lie wa'- horn in Xew \'()rk 37 year> a.t;o. hut came here 
as a \()uth an(i went to scliool here. He married liere 
also, an.d all his interests, husiness and dcHiiestic, are cen- 
tered here. Home ties, indeed, are strong with liini : he 
takes lint little interest in social or fraternal affairs: hut 
the faitli of his forefatllers and its oijliirations ha\e due 
ohsereance at his hands.- 



.\lk. .\|. )i<klS .MARX. 

J'Lverxhod^ knows Morris Aiarx, treasurer of the 
Greenvvall theatre, the public as well as the profession : 
a ]iopular official, as the receipts of a recent lienefit ten- 
dered hy the ISa'dwin .Melville stock discloses; a valuable 
n'an as his long' service uiuler one management shows. 

.Mr. .Marx began his box-office experience in 1887. at 
the age of fourteen. He has been with Mr. ( ireenwall 
seventeen years, and is his right-liand man. He was born 
in Houston. Tex., bul was brought up here in Xew Or- 
leans. Here also he went to school, and here he em])arked 
first in the show husiness. 



EPHRAIM ROSENBERG. 

MK. I-.IMIKAI.M R( )SI'.X i;Kk( 1. 

Ilere is the jiortrait of another leading and representa- 
tive Israehte of Xe\v Orleans, namel\- .\lr, Ejjliraim Ro- 
.senberg. of the firm of i'l. Rosenberg & Sons, manufac- 
turers of shoes on a scale which gives them rank and im- 
portance, not onl\- in that line but among houses of anv 
line here. They were largel\ instrumental in the u[)- 
huilding of that industry — one of the first to be developed 
In ir on a scale of note since the city took a new start; 
and in tliis development of the biisiness our subject took 
prominent part. He has followed the shoe trade, in fact, 
from tlie beginning of h's career. 

.\lr. Rosenberg is a native of the cit\. lie was born 
here in the vear 18^17. He is a married man. and whik' 
not one of the very .straightest of the sect, still kee[)s the 
ancient faith at heart. He has been liberal in his contri- 
imtions to its charities and institutions: is a member of 
Tonro Infirmary, of the Widows' and ( )rphans' Home, 
the ^■oung .Men's Hebrew .Association, and the Oiik-r of 
ll'iiai H'rith. 



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SA.M .SCHWAR TZ. 



-Mr. Schwartz is of Schwartz liros. iS; Co., wholesale 
dry goods, at Canal and Magazine streets. Xew Orleans. 
He was born in Victoria, Texas, in 1861, was brought uji 
and educated there in part and in part in .Xew ( >rleans 
and first went into business in the dry goods line here. 
This trade he has always followed and no other. 

Mr. Schwartz belongs to the Touro Infirniarv and the 
Widows and Orphans' Home, to the Harnronv CUih and 
the V. M. H. A. 



L niler the heading ".\ Rising Voinig Man, " tlie C;e/. 
former organ of the Voung Men's Hebrew Association, 
and in a sense of tjie Jewish community also, savs this of 
Mr. Kaufman : 

■'.Mr. I'erd. Kaufman is one of our li\'e voung men. He 
was b(jrn and was educated in this city. He went into 
business at an early age, and belongs to the self-made 
class, who by energy and stick-to-it-iveness have made 
their way to tile ton. I'\)r years he was witli Kaufman & 
Isaacs, as general manager of their millinery department, 
and still holds the jilace in the house. He was one of the 
organizers of the \'. .\l. H. A. and is a member of the 
Harmon}- and ^'onng Men's Gymnastic Club. He is 
clever, oft'-handed. a "hail fellow well met." and numbers 
iiis friends bv th.e score." 




FERD. KAUFMAN. 



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PMINEAS nOSES. 

MR. l'lllX!-.A.s .MoSKS. 

Mr. Must's is tin wcll-kiunvti s!.'rrctar\- and iiianajjor 
of the Ww ( )rli.'aiis L'arpet and Mattins^- L'o.. Ltd., l'>a- 
•.•(jniif street. He is a native of the city, horn here dur- 
ing' the war some fnrt\ or so years ago. He Ijegan his 
business care'/i , after a term in tlie public schools of tlte 
citv and the sclmol of the Hebrew lMluc;;ticinal Society, 
at the age of 14 \ears, as cash h(i\ nf the t:rm of Danziger 
& Sons, I'ovdras Market, one of thi' prominent houses 25 
or 30 ycar.s ago. Tliat was in 1S70. 

Mr. ?\iose> is affiliated fr.aternalK witn t'le l-'lks. and is 
a mtniber of the >'. M. H. A. lie has i)een secretary of 
Xew ( hdeans Lodge Xn. 30, l\. I'. ( ) Iv. district deputy 
lor the state and four times reiiresei-.tatixe of the (Irand. 
Lodge of the ( )rder. 



DR. JL'rj-:S L.\7ARD. 

Dr. Lazard is one of the younger element of successful 
Jewish professicnial men in Xew ( )rleans. He is also one 
of those who have carved out tlieir own way to fortune 
v.ithout adventitious aid. He graduated from Tulane 
Medical College in 1898, and since has demonstrated his 
ability and proficiency as a practitioner of the healing art. 
During his studentship we may add parenthetically, he 
won a place on the Charity Hospital staff in competitive 
examination. This ])osition — an education in itself — he 
luld for two ytars. 

( )thcr distinctions iiave since fallen tu him. ' le has 
bi.en chief of the clinic, chair of surgery, of Tulane L'ni- 
versity : visiting surgeon. Charily Hospital ; demonstrator 
of anatomy and assistant in oral surgery at the Xew ( )r- 
leans College of Dentistry. He is a member of both the 
Louisiana State and Orleans Parish Mi'dical Societies, 
and evidently a rising luan among the medicos of the 
Crescent City. 

'J'he Jewish affiliations of the doctor are with Touro 
Svnagogue, the Yotuig Men's Hebrew .Association and 
ITnai Lrael Lodge, I. <). R. P.. 



J\[R. I'.LX R< )Si:xi'>.\rM. 

^f^. I'losenbaum is a Ir.ix'eliiig iuan for the well-kiv \vn 
wholesale dr\ go(;ds house of Schwartz llros. iS; Co., of 
.Xew ( )rlean^. lie is a native nf the city, marrieil, a .Ma- 
son. K. of I'., and uH'mber of Touro lnlirmar\ and the 
^(•ung .Men's 1 lebrt'w .\ssociation ; a man. in -ihort, so- 
cialh a fa\(iriti and in business life a decided success. 



MR. A. STLI'.C. 



Publisher of Tin- ./rrc/.vA Lrdi^^cr and 77ic Sijiuirc and 
idiiiho.is. anil president of Tlu' Merchants' Printing Lo., 
Ltd.. is a hatue of (lermanx. He came to tlu' L'nited 
.States in 18(18, at tiie age of 15 years, and settled in Xew 
Orleans, where he has resided constantiv since. 

After filling si'veral clerical positions, the last in a 
'wholesale clothing house, his valuable services secured 
him a j)artnership which was dissolved six years after. 
Then he embarkerl in a similar line in a retail way. l"or 
teri years he occujiied the promirent location at 1 16 St. 
(. iiarles street. 

.\ taste for jomMialisni and literarv pursuits induced 
him to found The Jczcish Lcdnicr in January 1895. 1^*-' 
has condui.ted it ever since and has succeeded in making 
it one of the m<ist intluential Jewisii journals in the 
countrw 

In i8c>(i In- assumed publication of the Siiiiarc and 
L'ciiitiass, a Masonic j<iurnal which had susjiended publi- 
cation, and tills jom^nal be has placed also on .a stabli' 
basis. 

in KjoJ he acquirtil the stock of tin- .Merchants' Print- 
ing C'o., Ltd., and was elected it.> president b\ the new 
board ( if ilireclors. 

.Mr. .-^tecg takes great interest in fraternal organiza- 
tions. notabU ^^asonry. He lias been hoirored repeaiedh' 
h\- his brethren, has served four years as Worshipful Alas- 
ter of his lodge ami is now serving as an officer of tire 
< irand Lodge in the fcniii consecutive year. 




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^Ir. I,;uiilaiicr is senior iiieniher of the firm of Laiidaucr 
& Mover, w'.iok'sale millinery. Canal street, a lionse estal> 
lisheil twenU \ears ago and a leader in its line. It has 
ti'ade thniui^lioul tiie .Snnth and maintains a lartie stafl of 
traxelint;' men. 

Mr. Lanilaiier was nearly twentx \ears e'lga^ed in hns- 
iness sneeessfidly in C'atahmda ])arish, this state, i)efore 
lie fame here to New ( hdeans. He was successfn' there 
arid has earned distinction here as a merchant of snpi-rior 
ciiaracter and orcU'r. He is well known, in short, and 
higids esteemed an;ong' all classes of the hnsiness connnn- 
nity. 

To the old faith, the faith of Ins fathers and fovljears. 
he holds "with hooks of steel," and as a memher of all of 
thi'm suiiscrilirs genenvuslv to its institntinns and ch.irities- 



MR. l.KOX E. SCHWARTZ. 

Mr. Sch\\;'.rtz is the head of the impurlant wholesale 
dry goods house of Schwartz Ih'os. & Co.. and is a direc- 
tor in the house of 1'.. Colin & Co. He was l.iorn in 
Liberte, Miss.. ;n iH^(>, but was brought up ai'.d educated 
here in .\ew ( )rleans. He has had a lifelong experience 
of the flr\ goods line and is one of the most ])rominent 
figures in that branch of trade in this part of the country. 

Mr. Schwartz is a member of Touro and of the Widows 
and ( )r|)hans' Home; also of the Harmmiy L'lub and the 
I. ( ). 11. r>.: also of the Ivnights of I'ytiiias and knights 
of Honor. He married some twenty years ago. Miss Ade- 
line Trautman and this union has turned out an excep- 
ti(.nall_\ happ\ one. 



^[R. .SICMCXD KKU'l'ER. 

.\niong ihe most substantial and enterprisnig liusiness 
houses of Wnv Orleans. KeifTer llros., 427 Camp street, 
shoo jobbers and manufacturers, rank higii. They are 
the pn^prietors of the Tulane Shoe Factory on Canal 
st'.eet, !he largest in the St)Uth, and we're pioneers in the 
manufacturing siioe business in the Crescent Cit\'. Thev 
have trade, it is hardly necessary to add, prettv mucli all 
over the cour.try. 

Air. Sigmnnd Keitter, whose name ilea Is this account, 
is senior member of this important firm. He i.- of ( ler- 
man birth. l)oru in the Rhine country some (u years ago. 
Init has spent the greater part of his life, and about all 
his business career, in this country. His rst venture was 
in the commission business, but he has been in the slioe 
trade as manulactm-er since i86(). 



.Mr. Kiiffer. we need scarcely remark, is one of the 
most |)rnminent among the Jewish element of W-w < )r- 
leans business im-n. Sociallv also and in the fraternal and 
cliaritable concerns of his people he has distinction. He 
is a memlicr of tlie Harmonv Club, the chief Jewish so- 
cial organizalion 'the most luxuriously .i|)pointed club 
in fact of the city ). and is connected with Touro. the Jew- 
ish Home and. se\eral other institutions. He is married 
and the head nf a grown-up family and has his home in 
njjper .^t. Clnirks avenue among the peo|)le of wealth and 
(pialitx- iif the city. He is. in short, a type of the high- 
toned, charitable, successful and res|)ecteil merchant. 



MR. LAZ.\R1". Ll-A'V. 



Mr. Lev\ is of .Vewlierger &[ Le\'\'. cotton factors of 
.\ew Orleans, one of the most enterprising and substan- 
tial houses in that line. He was iiorn. reared and edu- 
cated here and is a son of the late jacol) Levy. <if Levy 
& Haas, cotlon factors also, fie has had ;m experience 
of more than diirt\ years in the cotton trade. 'Ihe house 
has other large interests. It has st(.)ck in several lianks 
and other solid investments. 

.Mr. Lev\"s Irateriiai affiliations embrace men.il)ershi[) 
in tile Knights of Pythias and Knights of Honor. His 
relations with th.e principal Jewish institutions of the city 
include the Harmony Club, foremost Jewish social organ- 
izataion of the South, the Touro Infirmary and Hebrew 
i'.enevolenl Association and the Jewish Widows and (Or- 
phans' Home. ( )f tlie two last named he is a subscribing 
member. 



MR. LDWIX XECGASS. 

This is the day of tiie young man in business in Xew 
( >rleans. as elsewhere. In the stressful life of to-day the 
opi'oriunities come earlier, it would seem, to many. Xot 
a few are tlie xor.ng men iiere associated in the. direction 
or at the head of large monied or commercial concerns. 

( )f this Miungcr element is our subject. Mr. Edwin 
Xeugass. son and partner of .Mr. Herman Xeugass, the 
long established banker and financial broker of Carondelet 
SLreet. The younger man was brought up to this line and 
is thoroughly conversant with it: so much indeed that 
ids indgment is accepted generallx' concerning the stocks, 
lionds. collateral arid securities of this market as of the 
best. 

.\ir. .Xeugass is a native, is settled in life as a IJeuedict 
and is a suliscriber to the Jewish charities and institutions 
of ihe cit\. He is a member of tiie Harmon\- Club, also 
the V. .M. H. A. 



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Cooking in full View, call at 

Bat chelor ' s Kitchen . 

522 McNeil Street, 

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Traveling Men and Ladies will find our 
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Suits to Order, $15, $l(i, $18 and $-2n 

Pants to Order, - $4, $.5 ami $6. 

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Mu. s. ( )i)i<:\iiI':imI':r. 

Mr. ( )(lci"]lK'imcr is (listinguislu'd in tlu' l)iisiiu-ss wcirld 
or' .W-w < )rk'ans is tin.- licad of uiu- ut its larj^cst and most 
(•ros(5erous nianufacttn-inij institutions, nanicl\- tlic Lane 
(_'otton -Mills, tlu' oldest licrc. Me is associated with [.eli- 
Uian, .Stern i^ l^'o. in the conduct of this enterprise, the 
recent enlart;enii'nt and extension of which shows how 
it- luisincss. uriiler his nianagvniont, is iiroijressint;' 

He is in fact a ?nan specially e(|uipped for his task. 

I'xirn in I'.aden. ( lcrinan\-, he was ed\icated at the tjvni- 
n.asinni of Darlach. ani! a.t the I'oK technican of Karls- 
ruhe, in the fashion characteristic of school meth- 
ods in the thoroniih-tioin>; l'"atlierland. and besides 
had already displayed his fitness for the l)nsiness at the 
cotton mills of Tuskaloosa, Ala. 

Mr. ■; )'fU-nheinKr is a man of famiK. Me is a son-in- 
law of the late Julius I-'revhun. president of l^aue Mills in 
his lifetime, and one of the successful men of Louisiana. 
He rather eschews public affairs, l>einij- a man of (|uiet 
t;;stes de\"oted chicfl\- to his home and business. He 
\\ illini^h serx'e.-. ho\\e\'er. uixm such pulilic occasions as 
tile Confederate Rcunior.s. .As regards religion and ben- 
evolence lie is neitiier a lukewarm nor rigid sujiporter. 
however, of the faith he subscribes to, or of Jewish insti- 
ti'tions. He is a contributor to the jjrincipal philantho- 
])ies and charities, with special interest in the \'oun,g 
Men's He'irew Association, c)f wliicli he was one of the 
founders and organizers. He is a memlier also of the 
I larnioiu C lub. 



.MR. 1 .M. LICHTh:XSTKfX. 

.\mong i.resent-da\' financial and business men of dis- 
tinction in New < )rleans and Louisiana, the name of 
Isaac .\L Lichtenstein is one l>oth wideh' and highly es- 
teemed. He is a merchant of prominence in the cotton 
trade, a banker and ca()italist, and is largel\' interested in 
the industries and enteri)rises of this state and its neigh- 
bors. 

.Mr. Lichtenstein was born in Summit. Miss., and was 
lirought up and received his elementar\' education there. 



llnishing the uill public sciiool course of \ew <)rleaiis. 
through the firal high school grade. Mis Inisiness ex- 
i>erience was earlv accpiired. He began with Hyman, 
Lichtenstein (!t Lo.. cotton factors, to which his house. M. 
Lichtenstein & .Son. one of the largest in that line here, is 
successor, and leceived, in their employ, a tlioroughly 
practical business education. f4e was one of the organ- 
izer.s of the Commercial .\ational Hank of this citv ; also 
of liie Coinmeicial Trust and Savings I'.ank, and is vice- 
Ijresident of luith, and lie has interests al.so in other lumks 
of Louisiana. 

Me has iinested !argel\- also in rice lands, rice culture 
and rice nu'lling; lijis l)een one of those most activelv 
identified in a moneved \\;i\ witii the develoiiment of 
business in that staple. Me is a director and ]>rincii)al 
owner in fi\-e large Louisiana rice mills, is [^resident of the 
Wrmilion Irrigation Co., and president of the Lichten- 
steiii-Hechingcr Canal Co., one of the most extensive en- 
terprises of the kind in tlic couiUr','. 



MR. W 



LEX'GSFIiaJ). 



Here we have one id' the notables of th.e business world 
of Xew < )rleans. and at the same time a man well known 
in Jewish social circles, a keen business man indeed, a 
club man and patron of Jewish institutions and charit\-. 

Mr. Lengsfield is of the important cotton house of 
S, (iumbel & Co., well known in all the cotton markets of 
the countrx- as one of the first order. He has served as a 
director of the Cotton Exchange here, which fact is an 
indication of his standing. He ranks, in fact, among the 
foremost fre(|uenters of the floor on 'change. 

\Ir. Lengsfield has fretpiently given the benefit of his 
time and means to Touro Infirmar\- and the Widows' and 
O'phans" Home. ;ind this in most lilieral measure. He 
belongs to the Harmony Club and to the \'oung Men's 
Mel.'rew Association. ( )ther charities and institutions, 
Hcth Jewish and Christian, have been reci|)ients of his 
liounty. He ranks, to sum all up, among the more promi- 
lunt and reprt seiitatiw of the Jewish element in the 
Crescent City, 




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S. R. ELLIOTT, j [}j 



UHL & ELLIOTT, 



iil I. E C^ T K C A I. P: ^ O N E E R 1 ^^ O 

A >: ij c; c) N s T R u c t i o i^ . 



i WE INSTALL AND REMODEL: 

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©iectric JL^ignt ar^d zJov^cr ^iaT>ts vJ eiepi>otAe i^irycs aT>d ®xcl>aT>ges. 



TESTS AND REPORTS 
ON ELECTRIC PLANTS. 



INTERIOR WIRING 
AND FIXTURES. 



> Local and Long Distance Phones 69. 



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Shreveport^ La. 



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CASPER LPARY. W. D. NORWOOD. 

PRES A GEN. MaR. VICE-PRESIDENT. 

MODEL STEAM 
LAUNDRY CO.. 

LIMITED 



Domestic High and Gloss Finish. 

SPECIAL ATTENTION TO CLEANING 
AND DYEING, WASHING WOOL 
BLANKETS AND LACE CURTAINS. 



OUR WAGONS CALL EVERYWHERE. 
Telephone No. 362. 

Shreveport, Louisiana. 



A. G. CHATWIN 



SAMUEL CHATWIN. 



CHATWIN BROS. 

Sanb anb Contvactino Co. 



ARTIFICIAL STONE. PLAIN and 
ORNAMENTAL, SIDEWALKS. 
CURBS. AND ALL OTHER 
BRANCHES OF THE CEMENT 
BUSINESS — - 

ALSO TILE FLOORING. 






-Office 



Market and Travis Streets, 

Phone 1341. P. O. Box 23 

.Shreveport, La.. 



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THE STATE AT LARGE. 



SHREVEPORT. BATON ROUGE. MONROE ALEXANDRIA, 
DONALDSONVILLE. LAKE CHARLES, ETC. 






SHREVEPORT. LA. 



81 ll\l''.\ I'l'l >l\'r. situated mi tiu' t'aildd Muffs (if Kc<\ 
l\i\cT, in tin- uiirthwfstcrn ]>art nt l.iaiisiana. is the 
second city (if the state in iJ(i|Hilati(tn and li^ade. It 
has aliont 25.OUO inhahitants and is an inip(jrtant vvlidle- 



it has tin transportation facilities uf eiglit raiiroads, 
;,ni(iny them the Texas (!i: Pacific. Queen & (Vescont and. 
iron Mountain trunk lines. 

."^hreveport is an old citw It was chartered in 1839. 
ii)]i\ even before the civil war was a supjjly point for 
TeNas. Its growth has heen steady and substantial and 
ni(!st Udl.nhle perhaps uf late vears. .Slowh' i)Ut sureh its 




COI.LIMKIA CI UH, SMRbVEPOkl, LA. 



sale husiness place. It is (ine (if the larger interior cotton 
markets and has for its trihnt;irics a field emliracing. not 
onlv North I,ouisi,an;i lint the adjacent parts of Arican.sas 
and Texas as well. 

Its immediate snrnnnidiufjs id' the "hill coiuitry" of 
North Louisiana, so called, and the Red River alluvial 
lands, are very productive. Resides the lines of river boats 



in.'-titutions. social. i^(i\ernirienlal. educational, religious 
and charilalik, iiaN'c de\eloped. It is the seat of one of 
the .State liospitals. In respect of water works, fire de- 
partment, pulici protection and other municipal provi- 
sions it is well equipped and city like. 

.'^hreveport has a large Jewish business element. Tiiis 
element maintains, besides its Hebrew Zioii congreiiation. 



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John Y. Snyder. 



PERRY BRIDGES & SNYDER, 
ARCHITECTS, 



404-5-6 First National Bank Building, [g 

Shreveport, La. 



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Contractors 



AND 



BUILDERS. 



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ShrcVeport. La. 



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H.H. BAIN, 

Sheet Metal 



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WORKS, 

Anything in the Sheet Metal Line 

L*t Heating and Ventilating. ^*t 
891-807 Texas Ave. 

ShretJeport, La. 



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Galvanized Iron Cisterns made in any Capacity. 
Roofing and Guttering a Specialty. 



EMILE WORTMAN, 

TINNER, 

1030 Texas Ave. I? 
TELEPHONE 63. 

SHREVEPORT, LA. 



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twii olulis. llic Ilarmuny, fdunclcil in iScXi. and tin- ("n- 
li;nii)ia, founded in iS(;i. I'lu' clul> Imusts in\'n|)i(.'d liy 
one of these is siiown lierewitli. 

As lon,ij ajjo as 11X48 there were ti-n nr twehe lewisli 
families making their homes in Shre\e|)i)rt. and in 1851; 
the city donated a pit'ce of ground fur a jiwish grave 
yar<l. 'J'lie Jtvvisli residents hail hy this time formed a 
congregation, n.eeting ahoni from placi' lo place wherever 
convenient. Tliis was the nucleus of the present /.ion con- 
gregation nf that city wnich was organized in iSfic). Its 
president, fur man\ \ears, was Sinum 1a'\\. |r, I'or fivi. 
years Herman IKri'oli' occupied tlu- chair. Since the 
year i8';o -Mi'. \\ ni. Winter, hereinafter nientiuned, has 
licdd this office. Rah'ii Israel Saenger was spiritual ad- 
\iser ijf the congregation for a long term of \ears. 



stein, was educated at the llehrew I nion College, Cin- 
cinnati, ( )hio. and has the 1!. .\. degree of the I'niversit}' 
of Cincinnati. 

He was Kahhi of ( 'ongregation Uith Israel. Macon, (ia.. 
three years; of I'.i-thel. .San \utonio. Te.x.. tw.o years: 
of I'.'nai Israel, .Salt Cake City, three years; of Rodef 
.^holom. ^'oung■stown, ( ).. two \ears ; of Kein'llath .Anshe 
.Moarahli. l_'hicagii. 111., tln^ec years and iia-- also heen 
editor of the /i 7i'm-// ( hronitlc. .\loiiile. .\la. 



.\IK. .\RTIirR T. K.XIIX. 



}dr. Ka.hn is 
,^hre\eport. He 

liank. treasurer of the Conger, I\ahn & (iihhs Co., whole 
sale drugs, and has other interests hesides. He is a na 



leading citizen and iinsiness man or 
president of the Shreveport National 




MKBUKVS ZION SYNAGOGUE, SHREVEPORT, LA. 



The \elIow fe\er epi<lemi.- of 187^5 was \'cr\ disastrous 
to the lewish element of Shre\eporl. During that time 
i.mi after it the old cemetery raj)idly filled up. In 1886. 
therefore, a new <mv was purchased, laid out and openeil. 

There is a Sunda\- school building on the same grounds 
with the Temple. < )ne of the ntosi unite 1. hest organ- 
ized and nn)st Hotnashing of Jewish communities in short 
is this of .^hre\ i.pi 'rt. 



R.M'd'.l j.\C()l'.S-)X ( )|- .SHRl'IVKl'ORT. 

-Moses Perez Jacohson, says the .American Jewish A'ear 
l!ook, is l^abbi of Hebrew Zion Congregation. Shreve- 
port. La. He was liorn August 25, i8f)4. at I-T. Wayne, 
Iml. He is the son of Elkan Jacohson and Fannv Roseu- 



tive of ShrevetJort, thirty-three years old. a bachelor, was 
brought up to the banking business as clerk in the Mer- 
chants & Farmers' I'ank of the Xorth Louisiana metropo- 
lis, and is a member of the {''lies, the Hoo-Hoos. the T. 
1'. .\. and Shreveport Lodge \o. 1 13. V . &. .\. AI. 



MR. SOL. K.MIX. 



Mr. Kahu is storekeeper at the famous .Magnolia sugar 
plantation of W'annoth. Lawrence postoffice. (iranil Isle 
R. R. and Mississippi River, a short distance below New 
( Irleaiis. He has lieen there about four years. 

lie is an Alsatian by Jiirth. about 48 years old, a mar- 
ried man. formerly, for sixteen years, a resident of New 
( )rleans. He was married to Miss Hannah Feli.x in Ken- 
ner. La., in 1881, and is the ha])ny father of three fine 
girls. He is a K. of P. and K. of IT. 



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L. N. MANAHAN, 

Commission Broker, 



Cotton. Grain, Provisions, Stocks. 



OFFICE 

124 Milam St. 



TELEPHONE No 64. 
P. O. BOX HI. 



SHREVEPORT. LA 



Kkkkkknces 



Shreveport National [iank. 
Citizens National Bank. 
Fairchild & Hobson. 
Logan & Bryan. Private 
Wire Service to all Exchantres. 



(/'oiiKEsi'OMiEN'is — Fairchild & Holi.^oii, New t)rleiiiiK. 
Logan & Hi van, (Chicago. .7. 8. liaclic & ('o.. New 
York. Mclntyre & Mar.shall, New York. Henry 
Hentz A- Co., New York. S. Munn Son & Co., New 
York. Atwood, Violett & Co., New York. I.ogan & 
l?rvaii. New York. 



Prompt and Satisfactory Service. 
Q)rrespondence Solicited. 



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A T. KAH!». Cashier. 



H H. YOUREE. Vice- Pie.sident 
A H VAN HOOK, Asst C'lisliier 



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THE 

Commercial National Bank, 

of Shreveport, Louisiana. 

Capital Stock, ... $ loo.ooo.oo 

Surplus and Undivided Profits - $359.5" 93 

REPORT OF CONDITION. 
At Close of Business, November 10, J904. 

• J* jt RESOURCES: J* -j* 



Ijoans. Discounts and Overdrafts 

United .States Bonds, premiunins, stocks, etc. 

Real Estate, Furniture and Fixtures 

ensH, ... - - 



Tiilnl, 



jt LIABILITIES, i^i 



« "62.977,1.'; 

102,W2, l.'i 

9, .144-37 

646.615 95 

.^9.819.939 63 



Deposits 

Capital Stock 
Surplus 

Undivided Projits 
Circulation 

Total, 



lOft.00.1,00 

31 ooo.no 
:«)1.I27 11 



L. 



2 297 812 21 

422.12741 
100.000 (Kl 

1(3.819.939 62 

This Bank has More Surplus and Profits than all other 

Banks in the city Combined. 
Accounts ol Banks, Corporations and Individuals Respect- 
fully Solicited. 
Interest allowed on Time Deposits. Correspondence 
Solicited. 




BIG STORE ON TEXAS ST., 



Opposite the Court House. 



Is the Leading' and Largest Dry Goods 
Store in Shreveport, or North Louisi- 
ana. The Store is New and up-to-date 
in all its appointments. Largest 
Stock of Dry (ioods. Largest Stock of 
Millinery, Largest Stock of Carpets, 
Mattings. Linoleums, Rugs and 
House Furnishings. Fine Dress 
Making Department. Sole Agents 
for McCalls' Patterns. Agents for 
W. B. Corsets. Mail orders promptly 
filled. 



/ Visit this Store and you will find what you 
want, and Save Money. 



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f E. G. SCALES & GO. | 

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Commission Brokers. 



122 Milam St. Shreveport, La. 



OFFICES. 



WACO. TEXAS 
TEHPLE, " 
TAYLOR ■' 



SHREVEPORT. LA. 
BROVVNWOOD, TEXAS. 
BELTON. TEXAS. 



MEMBERS. 
New York Cotton Exchange, 
New Orleans Cotton Exchange, 
Chicago Board of Trade. 



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Direct Leased Wires to New York, 
Chicago and New Orleans. 



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HENRY FLORSMEIM. 

MR. HEXRV ]-L.')RSHEl.\l. 

This is the prt-sidcnl and nianagint;' partner of the ini- 
piiitaiit I'lorsiieini llrus.' Dr\' Goods Co., one of the prin- 
cipal concerns of .Shreveport. He is also a director of the 
I'irsi Xational I'.ank there and is an ex-eouncihiian of 
tile cil\' : one of the solid men. in short of the North Lou- 
isiana metropolis. 

.\lr. I'lorsheim was horn in Kirdorf, (iermany, going 
on si.\t\' years ago — ( Jctoljer 2b, 1845. to he exact. He 
e;ime to this country in his youth, at fifteen in point of 
fact. That was j'.ist hefore the war. He was cl'^rk at 
Osceola. Mo., HI 1865, and st)on thereafter came on .South. 
His hiogra]ib.}'. so far as husiness is concerned, n^'av he 
hrieriv summed up. .After a long and husy experience 
lie is now. as we ha\e said, a merchant of the first rank 
and order. 

.Mr. I'lorsheim was married (tctolier 17, 1875, to Miss 
Minnie I'rager. He has a family, is a NIason, a memher 
of the I. ( ). I'>. 1j.. of the Zion Congregation and of se\- 
eral cluhs. 



out of existence ahout |X7,S; also as treasurer, president, 
vice-president and secretary of Zion Congregation. .Aside 
from his racial and religious affiliations he is known as a 
sv.cctssfiil husiness man and planter and as cliairmaii 
lately ( ivoo to l<;02) of the Kepulilican L'ougressional 
Cfjmmittee of the h'ourth Congressional Di.strict of the 
State. I'lV Repulilican i)rinci])les we ma\' .say. he comes 
naturallv enougli. During the (.'i\il War he was sutler 
of the l'"ort\-second Uliio (I'ederall. and was captured 
and held, hy the Confederates a prisoner of war for thir- 
letn months. This was at Tyler. Texas, and upon his re- 
lease he took u]) a residence at Shreveporl and went into 
iiusiness, beginning some forty \ears ago in the company 
of his brother Herman Herold. His residence in Shreve- 
porl. it will be seen, has been a long one. and his busi- 
ness career b\ no nu-an^ brief. 

.Mr. Herold was l-.orn in I-'.Uerstadt, Rhenish Havaria, 
< lermanv. in 185.V His education was obtained in the 
public schools of his native place, and at Weil's Com- 
men-ial Institute, Huerkheim, Ciermanv. He had, in his 
vouth, a varied career; iie began as a clerk, then peddled, 
then was a school teacher, and finallv as we have seen, a 
soMier. He has been twice married: first to Aiiss Sophie 
Kaufman, of Duerklieim. ( daughter of Max Alayer Kauf- 
man and E.sther Weil Kaufman ) ; and again to Mrs. Rosa 
I'.arnett. daughter of the late Isaac Simmons, and Airs. 
Henrietta Lew .Simmons, of Slireveport, formerl\- of 
\ew <■ )rleans. He has eight children living, .and two 
Grandchildren. 



MR. SLM( )\ 1I1-:R( )L1). 
This gentleman has distinction among his conferes of 
Slireveport, as president of the old Chevra. which went 

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SIMON HEROLD. 




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Monumental 
Works ^ d^ 

^^ Cut Stone Contractors, 

Our Monumental Work is Unexcelled. 
All Work and Material Guaranteed. 

We furnished the Stone Work for the 
new Synagogue at Lake Charles, La., 
which will be found on page 211 of this 
History. 

We will furnish you with anything 
you want in Marble, Granite or Stone. 

Write for Prices, on what you want. 

12^347. Shreveport, La. 



Th^BROGHAN-DOLL 
FURNITURE CO. 




We carry 
the large.vt Hi 
Stock in ^1 
North Kou- '""' 
isiana. 

Comprising 
Everything 
in "V 




Bed Room Sets >> 
Dining Room, Parlor 
Sitting and Library. 



We invite you to call and examine our 
Mammoth Stock. 



OUR PRICES ARE ALWAYS THE LOWEST. 

508-5)0 Texas Street, 

SHREVEPORT, LA 



OPP. COURT 
HOUSE. 



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WELLMAN & CO. 

UNDERTAKERS AND EMBALMERS, 
CALLS NIGHT AND DAY — 



rE^^n^''- Shreveport, La. 



TELEPHONE 187. 
618 



WELLMAN ^S 

Exclusive Paint, Oil, 
Varnish, Wall Paper 
and Glass House. 

bOl TEXAS ST. J» Shreveport. La 




WILLIAH WINTER. 

MR. W ILLIAAI WIXTRR. 

Shreve|jort is tiic Imhk- alsn nl Wm. Winter, s^'en-.'ral 
ai^i-iit for till" Xcw \'(irk Lite Insurance Company, direc- 
tor <if llie I-'irst Xational liank of .Slirc'-cport, a meiiibfr 
in iii.^h stanilniL; of tlic 1-'. (i^: A. M.. and 1. < >. 1'.. 1!., and 
I'olice Junir of the |)arish (an office correspnndiiig to 
tile siiiicrvisor of counties in the X<irtii). since iSg''), and 
a uieiiihcr of the State i^egislature. 

Mr. Winter is a native of X'ew ^Hrk City. He was 
horn there ( )ctoher ii, 1849, hut has lieen a resident of 
Shreveport prettv nuich all his hfe. He was brouu'lit 
tliere in fact an nifant in arms, two months oM, and has 
ht'en h^inj:; in t'.ie j'llace fifty-fi\'e years. Need we achi 
that he is intimateh' identified with. stronj^i\- attached to 
it? 

lle he_t;an life h.ere in Shrevep'irt as a l)ank clerk. L.at(.'r 
he embarked in merchandisinji; and from that went into 
tlie insurance business. He is a man of family, with 
"hostages," as the proverb is, "to fortune," His wife was 
Miss .So|)hij rri( dlander of Xew i )rleans. 



.MR. 'ilklR.M.VX lll{R;)LiX 

'I'his gentleman is another distin.guished Jewish r- si 
dent of Shreveport. He is the brother and former ijusi- 
ness associate of the Hemld just referred ti.i. He also 
was born in Elberstadt. Rluinfalz, (lerman\, and is twn 



\iai's till' juninr of hi-, brother, l)Ut lias been a resident of 
this cmmirv ^ince I.S5.J, nr fifty years exactly. He came 
here at tne age of se\eiit^en and having had all his inter- 
ests h.ere so man\- vears — family, business and all — practi- 
calh know s we may say, no other llag or country. 

.Mr. Herold's b\:s)ness career may be brietiy suiuiued 
up. His first employment in this country was as clerk 
with his uncle a.nd cnusin, .M. Sciiwartz & Son, at I'.rowns- 
\ille, .Mis--. During ihe war he served in the I'ederal 
a:m\, and after the war, in 18(13, went into business in 
.shriveport. Having accumulated a fortune lie retired. 

C])war(U of thirty-fi\-e years ago, in iSfK), lie married 
Miss I'annie llru'iks, of Xiagara balls, X. N'., liy wdioin 
he li.-is one son, lav 1'.. Herold. His married life, we 
need liar<ll\ aiid, has been eminenllx liappx . 

.Mr. Ilemll has always been active in c<iiigregationa! 
matters, ai'il in the advancement of Judai.Mii in general. 
He helped organize the first Hebrew congregation of 
Sb.rexi'iiori in \X(><t. l"or more than ten years he was 
president of tliis body, the C(>ngregation Zion of Shreve- 
port, He has iieen a niemlier of the I. ( ). 1'.. I!, for forty- 
one years. 

Me is a l-'ree .Masmi also, and Knight i>\ Ibinur, and a 
irember of tile Shrevcjx-.rt Hoard of Trade. He has been 
a member id the city council of Shreveport. member of 
the Shreveport I'.oard of Health and has had other hou- 
or.s at the hands nf his fellow citizens. 

His collections for, and contributions in aid of the 
Jewish ( )r|ihans' Heme in Xew ' )rleans have been espec- 
iall\- generou.s. 




HERHAN MEROLD. 



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THE BANK OF BATON ROUGE 



BATON ROUGE, LA. 



Organized in June 1889. 



Depository for the State of Louisiana and City of Baton Rouge, 

CONDENSED REPORT FURNISHED TO THE STATE EXAMINER OF STATE BANKS BY THE ABOVE BANK 

BEFORE OPENING FOR BUSINESS MARCH 23. 1905. 



CompKiHlive Statenif lit show- 
iti({ steady Ki"""'!! <>f I'"! Brtiik 
of Baton Kiiiifie: 

Surplus ami 
Diite. ('iiiMt;U rmlivicU'il 

Protiirs 

Oct. IWnil— tSd.OOd (1(1— tlf>9,0T5 TCi 

■• IHOl— 50,(1011 0(1— 179.591 K9 

•• 1902— 50.000 (K)— 191,641 •,'() 

•• 19ua— 50,000 00— 310,888 r2 

Dividends Paid. 

Sim. 1 to Hsenii Hiinual 

4 per cent, - *2K,000 00 

Xos. 15 to n semi annnal 

(i per cent, - H.OOO 00 

Xos. IS to "20 semi annual 

7H per cent. - 11,250 00 

Ti>tal Dividends Paid »4R.350 00 

Or 96', per cent of the CHpital 
stock. 

MB Accounts and Collections 
solicited. 



RKSOURCES, 

Detnan<l loans, - - - - *I09,22-.' 58 

Loans secured by mortKaj<e, - - - 144.1.S6 90 

Otber loans and discounts, - - 299.723 81 

Overdr-afts unsecured, - _ - - 1,688 49 

Other bonds, stocks, securities. et3., - 98,445 00 

Bankint! house, furniture atid (ixtiires, - 1 OO 

Other leal estate owned, - T.SOO 00 

Due from banks and bankers. - - 434,890 42 

Olieckii and other cash items, - 311 96 

Gold Coin, ------ 4,858 00 

i^ilver, nickel and copper coin, - - 13,945 24 
National l)ank notes and all issues 1*. S. (iovl., 37,743 00 



I'lKal. 



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LIABII.ITIKS. 



Capital stock paid in, - - - » .50 000 00 

Surplus, .--.-- 200,000 00 
ITndivided profits, lessexpeusesand ta.xes paid, 49.396 65 

Due to other banks and bankers, - 201,319 48 

Diviiienils unpaid, . . . . 48 (HI 

Individual deposits not bearing interest, Ii51.257 SO 

Certified checks, - - - 271 87 

Cashier's checks outstandinfi. - - 524 60 



Total, 



!il,15«,8ie 40 



OFFICERS. 

VV.M. .J. KXOX, - - President 
O. B. STEELK. ■ Vice-President 
JCS. GEBEI.IX, - - Cashier 

DIRECTORS. 

(iEo. Hll.i., 
Planter. 

A. STRENZKE, 
Dry Goods Mercbanl, 

O. B. STEELE, 
Planter, 

BEX K. MAYEK, 
of Ben. H. .Mayer Gro. Co., Ltd. 

SAM'L LAYCOCK, 
Lawyer. 

EDW. SCHLOSS, 
Cotton and Moss Ginnery. 

WM J. KNOX, 
President. 



ESTABLISHED 1888 



EXTENSIVE 
DESIGNS 


We have added 
to our extensive 
and beautful line 
of 


CORRECT 
PRICES 



Rings, Lockets, Fobs. 
Brooches, Studs & Scarfpins. 

A New and Complete Assortment of 

Diamond Mountings & Diamond Jewelry 

Mail orders receive our prompt attention. 

J. K. ROUMAIN, 

^Wholesale and Retail Jeweler..^ 



SOLID 
SILVERWARE 



Baton Rouge, La. 



HIGH GRADE 
CUT GLASS 



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i :fi5aton IRouac lla. 



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Dr. C. BOURGEOIS, 

DENTIST, 

12 1 2 Mr.T:N STREET 



UP-STAIRS. 



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"DA r< )\ R( >r'. il':, tlu- va])ilai lit Li)in>i;ma. is a suli- 
■■-^ stantial and attradivc cit\ ni aliniu 15,000 'iiliahi- 
tanls, situated mi tlic .Mississippi and tin- T. (Jt P. 
and Mississip|)i X'alk'v •.'aili'nads. alunit (jo iiiilcs nnrtii of 
Xew ( >rk'aiis. It is an old city, si'ttk'd l)v tlic l*"rcncii an 1 
siirrdi'.ndfd willi a l.iyhly fruitful ci)untr\. and is tile seat 
(if ;; nunilier id' the state institutions. The jewisii ele- 
ment of the pdonlation lias a strong hold, not onlv upon 
the husiness ni the place hut of |ilanling interests in all 
the surmunding' conntr\. .\s a class it is well res^rded 
and many individuals are liitjlily esteemed. Anions; sucli 
we may name the (•'arruhachers, father and son. and 
iitlu-rs mentioned herein. 



RAinU IRA.VK 1.. K'OSEXTHAl. AXl) TMK ("OV 
C.Rlj; A'i K )\ r/XAl ISRAEL. 



The Ji.'\v.-- ot l'>aton Rouge form, as we have said, a 
coiisideralilc and influential element of the population. 
.X<it only is there relatively a large numher of them, hut 
they are a jiower in tlie community, in civic, in social and 
in husiness affairs, all three. 

L'ntil forty years or so ago, there were few Israelites 
in the place, hut ahout that *-iiiie. just hefore the war. the 
first congregation was formed. The war came c.m am! 
scattered the people, and though there were meetings, at 
intervals, of those left it was not till after the war that 
a permanent organization of R'nai Israel Congregation 
was effected. 

Tile building had lieeii a (.'hristian churcii. It is a ncaf 
hi'own stone fnjnt and a credit to the little city. It was 
reiiiodeled and refitted some eight <ir ten years hack, and 
lias a handsome interior. 

The I'.aton Rouge Congregation has always made it a 
jioint to have musical services of high standard. The 
pipe organ installed is a costly al+air. and to obtain the 
best available talent high salaries are paid the singers. 
The staiiie;! glass windows of the Tenij.ile are biglil\ ar- 
tistic and, effective: with their aiil it can be brilliantl\' 
lighted np. The altar is of ebony ;md the ark of the same 
material. 

I'.'nai Israel has had but two Ralibis, the Rev. Dr. 
Kline, who .servetl about fifteen years, up to 1900, and the 
present pastor. Rev. Frank L. Rosenthal, wdio occupies 
the puliiit also of Temple .Sinai, at .St. l'"rancis\'ille. La. 
The Rev. Rosenthal came to Baton Rouge in 1901 from 



Mot Springs, .\rk., where he formerly had a congrega- 
tion, and though a \oung man. has filled the position to 
the general satisfaction. Tin.' .American [ewish \'ear 
liook gives a biogra])hical sketch of iiim as follows: 



Horn Ma\ 



iSf)^, in Xew N'ork Citv. .Son of Rubin 



Rt.senthal. who conducted his Hebrew education. Secu- 
lar t'llui-ation rtcei\c 1 in the pui)lic schools of Xew A'ork 
(.'it\ and tile college of the City of .Xew York. Was Rabbi 
five years of the 'congregation 'House of Israel," Hot 
.Springs." 

Tile latest inform;it'on obtainable gives the officers of 
this congreg:iiai: m as follows: Ren. R. .Mayer, president; 
.Svlvan Toijias. \ice-president : L. II. .Ma\er. secretary: 
j- j. .\lendeUobn. treasurer: J. |-'arrubaciier, Ed. .Schloss 
and lien l-listiiian. trustees. 



MR. SVIAAX TOI'.I.XS. 



( ;•! note also :uiiong lewisii residents and business men 
of the cajiital city is .Mr. Sylvan Tobias, a na.tive and 
married man and successful mercliaiit. 

He was bc.irn in I )'inalds mville. a river and railroad 
town of considerable importance, tiie market place for an 




>YLVAN TOBIAS. 

exceedinglv ri.li agricultural country, situated not many 
miles from his present (U niicile. That event occurred in 
1S57. Me was educated at the famous .Soule Commercial 

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(( D. M. Rev:\iond 



President. 



RoBT. A Hakt. Vice-President. 



(). KoxDEKT. Cashier. 



cJne v?irst J^latioi\ai Jaanf^, 



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CORNER LAFAYETTE & LAUREL STS. 



BATON ROUGE LA. 



Ji J^Jt .* DIRECTORS ^ ^ j» .* 

I A. ROSENFIELD, N. S. DOUGHERTY, 
I D. M REYMONU. R A. HART. 
[( S. 1 REYMO.ND, W. C. WHITAKER, 

r/ W. P. CONNELL. 



Capital $100,000 



Surplus $100,000 



Fiscal Agents for the State of Louisiana. 
|i ^ DOES A REGULAR BANKING BUSINESS. 






|i. M. KKVMOND, IVfsi<lpiit. 



A. liOSKXl'MKI.n, Vi,e-l'resi<lent. 



(I. K(IN'|)K1!'I', Sopr<tai_\& TreasMn-i- 



cJne c) copies (Savings JdanK, 



OFFICE: FIRST NATIONAL BANK BUILDING, 



BATON ROUGE, LOUISLA.NA. 




C; A PITA L loO.OOn. SURPLUS $6,000 
3 Per Cent Interest Paid on Deposits. ^( 



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II. MHIOViXUIN'l) K A.HAUT. SI REYMdND 

A .M( HI'FtNKY .1 ACKSCN. R.I HUMMKl., JJ \ 

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Coffins and 
BuKiAL Casks. 



Parlor. Office and 
Cookinif Stoves. 



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Ai.i. Job Work 

(il^AKANTKED... 



Mrs J» Gilbert-Geddes, 

Undertaker and 
Funeral Director 



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Baton Rouge, La. 



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M. I. WILLIAMS, 

WORKER IN 

TIN, COPPER, ZINC 
AND SHEET IRON. 



^ Kitchen, Tinware, Grates, 
Mantels, Etc. 



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Instiaitc. W'w < )rk-aiis. ami his hrst linsiiiL'ss ox])i'riciu-c 
was acquircil in liis fatlu'r's sturo at Donalclsoiivil'c. 

\lr. 'I'lihias lnl(inu;s In a miiuhor of orders, tlu' 1. ( ). !'>. 
II.. K. of r.. 1\. of II.. WdodiiK'n, and I'liik-d Workmen 
anions' thorn, lie i> an attc'ndanl also at the S\ na.u;oi.au' 
C'ont^rei^ation I'.'nai Israel, its \ice-presi(Knt in faet. and 
a contrihntor to all the [ewish charities. 



.MK. J ATOP, FARRNIJACIIKK. 



This gentleman i.s oni of the principal merchants of 
liaton Rouge. H(. is a director also of local insurance 
concerns and a sti )ckhi iliUr in the hanks. ' le is a V>:i- 
varian In hirth !.nt ha> liecn resident in tliis country so 



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JACOB FARRNBACMER. 

lon,>' as almost to have fori^otlen the place of his origin. 
He is an 1. (). 15. 1'. and a generous supporter, not only 
of the Congregation IS'nai Israel, hut of all the charities 
of his faith. 

.V i[niet. unassuming. sul)st;nitial citizen, in a word. 



MK. K. H. MAYER. 



.\lr. \la\er is an \lsalian. like so many of the race in 
this h'rench speaking part oi the country, is luarried and 
is now ahout fort\-tive \ears old. lie is a cultivated gen- 
tleman, well liked, not onlv witliin tile circle of his sect, 
hut anions; all classes as well. 



MK. S. FAKRNBACHER. 



The Karrnbachers ari' well known in the I'.aton Kouge 
district of country, the son. .S. harruhacher. especially. 
I le is a native of the l.ouisiana capital, and a graduate of 
tlu ."^tate L'niversity. lie is a Mason, memher of the K. 
of I', anrl 1. ( ). II. 11. , the .\. ■: ). l'. W. and Red Me\i. 

lie has lieeii coiuiected with his father in mercantile 
business for t\vcnt\- \ears. is a ilirector of the Louisiana 
."s'tate I'ank. am' identified also with other public inter- 
ests of ids home cit\'. 



.M.VRlTS .\1. 1.1■A^, •■ >!■■ (ili;.S()\ AM) I)' )\ \ j.-.K. 



.\lr. l,ev\ is a general merchant at '. .ihson .-md I )onner. 
Lafourche parish. La., imd iuis interests consisting of 
.swamp i;m 1 an.j express timl)er. lie is treasurer also 
(if the ( iihson (^'rosstie and Timber Co.. of ("libson. La. 

He is a naiivt' of St. James parish. La., aliont .V M'ars 
old ; was I'ducated in tlu pu'.lic schools of the State and 
gradnati'd into his present eniiiloyment from a place with 
M. lu'rtel i^ Co.. \ aclierie. La. He is married. Mrs. 
Le\\' was .Miss Dora ( iarritson. of Xew ! )rleans. They 
iiave two ciiildren. botli girls. He is a menilier of Thiho- 
dati.x K. of 1 '. lod.ge and mindful of his charitable obli- 
gations of Touro Infirmary and I'.e'H'voleut Xssociation, 
Xew ' )rlean,s. also. 



MK. ABK. LEVY. ELKINSVH.LK. 



'1 his gentleman is another prominent resident of Baton 
Kor.ue. a well-known merchant, moinber of the ^lasonic 
fraternity, the Knights of Honor and L ( ). 1'. 1j. He is 
secretarv of the Congregation B'nai Israel, being, in that 
cajKicitv. one of tlie licst known Israelites of the Louisiana 
capital. 

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.\t Duppigheim. .Ms.ice. Xov. J.^ 1S54. \l)e Levy, 
ir.erchaiit, now of I-dkinsville. St. Charles parish, was 
b')ni. .\lr. Lew, we need hardly say. is well known ail 
through this part of the coiuitrv. He began as clerk 
for -Max hraeiilcel at Rosedale. and was at I'ort .Mien 
from '73 to '-<). He has l)een at Elkinsvilie since 1883. 

.Mr. Lew remaineii 111 old ,\lsace long enough to .get 
ins schooling. He was educated at Strasijourg. He came 
to this countrv in 1872. at the age of 18. He is mar- 
ried and has a family of six. He is a memlier of vhe 
I. ( ). 1'.. U. since 1882. and as to reli.gion is a consistent 
and conscientious Israelite. 




QUS. KUHNERT. 

PAPER HANQER and DECORATOR. 

New Patterns Constantly Arriving. 
Estimates Furnished. Prices Moderate, 

REHEMBER I AH THE ORIQINATOR OF 2o8 THIRD STREET. 

NEW AND UP-TO-DATE WORK IN THE CITY. 
NO WORK CAN COHE TOO FINE FOR ME. I'MdnB 58 

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Pittsburgh Coal Supplied to STEAMBOATS, SUGAR AND RICE PLANTATIONS \ 

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BATO/'f 'RO\/GE, LA. 

\A/M. O. DAY, Manager. 



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BANK OF ASCENSION, 



; Capital $30,000.00 



DONALDSONVILLE, LA. 



Established 1896. ] 



DIRECTORS- 



}^ Jacob Lebermuth, Wm. Blumenthal, Meyer Netter, F. B. Lemann, Jno. S. Thibaut, Victor Maurin. 
I O. Roussel, J. J. Sche.xiiaydre, Jno. N. Coloinb, G. A. Gondran, \V. L. Barton. 



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Baton Rouge Marble Works 

m ^ / A. FRIDGE '^"-"r— ^ 

STATUAHY, GHAITITE & MAHBLE MOI^tUMEITTS. a 

Headstones, Tombs, Tablets and all kinds of Marble Work Done. 



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DONALDSONVILLE. LA. 



D'lX \l.l)S!)V\|LLi'.. Ascension I'arisli. tlic liiih of 
tlir suj^a! hi'lt, is at tlio junction of the ,!j;rcat river 
with iiaymi Lafourciie, an important stream ieacl- 
ini; tlinnn;ii the lv;art of tlie sii.t>;ar and rice districts of 
the State. It has ions;' been one of the mcjst important of 
the lower Mississippi river lanihngs. The Texas & I'a- 
cific raih'oad passes throujjjh it. and the Mississi]5])i N'alley 
naite of the Ilhnois Central s\stem rims liv on the other 
side. 

Donaldsonville is a busy place, comniandin,!.;- a rich 
stretch of tributary coimtry. It has three banks and many 
substantial business concerns, schools, and all the concom- 
itants of a city. The population, by the census of looo, 
was 4.103. It has orpovvn measurably since then. 

The Congregation at Donaldsonville, Uikur Cholim. is 
an old one. J. llloom is presiden.t of this l)od\ ; .M. Rlein. 
the Rabbi. 



r.ikur Cholim was organized in 185^1 and reorganized 
Aug. 24, i8go. Tlie sxnagogue was erected in 1871 and 
is located on Railroad .\venue. it has 55 members. 
.Michal Tobias is president: Walter Lemann, vice-pres- 
ident ; Willie Pforzheimer. treasurer ; Raphael .Singer, 
secretary. 

Divine service is held by this congregation Friday 
evenings and Saturday morning. Schlesinger and Gold- 
stein's mu.sic is used in accordance with the Union Prayer 
P>ook. The building was repainted last year, inside and 
outside, with the assistance of the Ladies' Hebrew Asso- 
ciation, the officers of which are : Mrs. Jacob Bluni', pres- 
ident ; Mrs. Michael Toi)ias, vice-president; Mrs. Alex. 
Eloomenthal, treasurer: Mrs. Raphael Singer, secretary. 

The officers of the P>'nai EVrith Liwlge here for the en- 
suing year arc: Michael Tobias, monitor: Willie Pforz- 
heimer, president : Walter Lemann, vice-president : Ja- 
col) Blum, tixasurer : Raphael Singer, secretary. 

There is a Jewish Cemetery on St. Patrick street, 
which is enclosed with an iron fence and is well cared for. 

Rev. Klein instructs the Hebrew class on Saturday and 
all the children are instructed on Sunday in the ti^.tets 
of our faith. The assistant teachers are Misses Sadie 
and .Agathine Kern. 

The race here is well represented in municipal affairs, 
in bar.kinsj and in commerce. 



RAP.r.I M. KLKIX OV n( )X.\LDS( )\'\'ILLL. 

( )ur subject was born in Hatten P^lsass, Feb. 2, 1853. 
He was educated in Germany under the tutelege of Rab- 
biner Dr. Grunebaum. Landau Pfalz and Cantor Jacob 
Stern, Ingenheim, ( )ber Rabbiner Dr. Aaron .Strassburg 
and Cantor I. Klein, Brumath, Elsass. His first employ- 
ment as rablii and cantor was in .\lexan(lria. La., from 
1873 to i88fi, and at Baton Rouge, La., from 1886 to 
1900. 

In Kjoo he left for Europe, there remaining with his 
beloved mother three years, on her demise returning to 
Louisiana, being called soon after to the pulpit at Don- 
aldsonville. He has been chaplain of the House of Rep- 
resentatives and of the Senate of the State of Louisiana, 
and chaplain also of the State Penitentiary. He is a 
niember of the following: F. and .\. ^^. : K. of P. : I. ( ). 
P.. B.. and has held hii;h office in all three. 



.MR. SAMCEL BLC.M. 

liere wv have or.e of the elders of Congregation Bikur 
I'iiolim, Donalds' in\-ille, still surviving at the ripe old age 
of four score and four years, still bearing in mind and 
nil ileling Ins conduct as ever, upon the injimctioiis of that 




MR. SAMUEL BLUM. 

faitii of tin- pjilriarcbs and pro]jhets he was born to. Mr. 
Bhuu first saw the light in Xiederlirunn, .\lsace. in 1820. 
He has had a long, prosperous and honorable career as a 
merchant of Donalclsonville and is one of the most highly 
respected members of the Jewdsh community resident 
there. 



.MR. HEXRV PFORZHEIMER. 

A resident of Donaldsonville for sixty-five vears, this 
gentleman was well known and highly respected. He 
was born in Baden, Ciermanv. in t8i8, and came to this 




MR. HENRY PFORZHEIMER. 



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^For 
j Drugs 



F. M. Brooks & Son, 



-limited- 



Baton ROUGE, LA. 

Wholesale and Retail. 



EVRKVTHIMO HIGMT 
PUICKS, OUALIIY. 5EHVICE 



Hail Order Service Up=to-Date 



For the Latest in Photos or Frames You Should Consult 

W. W. Miller, photographer, 



ART PARLORS 



411-413 MAIN STREET. 



it&^yM,^ PMONE 176=3 



BATON ROUGE, LA. 




S. C. Fridge, 



Livery, Feed ix*° Sale 

. . STABLE . . 



CUMBERLAND TELEPHONE 79-2. 



SALE 



Saddle Horses, Roadsters and Mules ^^^" 

Special Attention to Boarders. "^"^ ^BATorlSE. 






A. J. RONALDSON. President. 



INO. JORDAN, Vice-President. 



E. M. ELAM, Secretary and Treasurer ^ 



Ronaldson's Agency, Ltd. 

INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE, 

TELEPHONE 290. 



P. O. Box 565. 



Baton Rouge, La. 



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t'lunlrx ;i( {'.k- am- nl' ii). Ik' landed in NV-w ^'o^k in 
1X3(1. Ill' Iki'- served an appreKtiei-slii]) (.f llu' usual 
ier.oth in tliat da\' al ihe linte'ners' trade in the 'ild eoun- 
tr\ . hilt lie;.^an lite in the land of the tree as a nierehant. 
Mere he settled and remained through all the vicissitudes 
of war. panic and epidemic, and ')y industry, inlei^rity 
and thrift i;r;nln.all\ won his \va\. lie reared in Donald- 
son\'ille a famih of ei,L;ht. se\en of whom, six dau.u'hters 
and a son. survix'e him, lie was a niemhc r of I'ikur 
C'holim, non;dds(inville, from its foundation in 1870. 



MK. .\l \AS TOP.! AS. 

The late Alaas Tohias. of I )iinaldson\-ille. La., had heen 
a merchant of that ])lace for 45 \ears, when he retired 
fr.im active husiness some years aL;o. lie was horn in 
Kntno. Poland, in iSj8, and was aliout ,^0 when he set- 
tled in the Pelican State, lie died in igoj. leaving; a 
fami!\ of four sons and one dausjhter. 




MAAS TOBIAS. 

1:1 e was a man highly esteemed in the community in 
which he liad passed so much of his life, of note +'or his 
hi'iievolence, h.is sterlins; cliaractei, and among' his own. 
lieople. as a faithful worker for the cause of Judaism. He 
was l<i!''g a n'eniher of the I'.'na P.'rith of New ( )rleans. 
and also was a Kniglit of Honor and meniher of the ( )r- 
der of Workmen of Donaldsonville — in fact, was one 
of the hcst known and foremost citizens of that place. 



MR. Ai'.k All A.\l KLOTZ. 

This gentiimaii has nu-ntii'ii among the iiotahlcs of 
ll'.e -State ill the work of the " I '.iogra[)hical and Histori- 
cal Memoirs of Louisiana;" as a merchant. |)lanl'.'r and 




MR. ABRAHAM KLOTZ. 

sugar manufacturer of Ascension parish, resident at Uon- 
aldsonville. a L'onfedcratc veteran, and man of promi- 
nence generally. Like many other of the successful Is- 
raelites of Louisiana, he is an Alsatian liy birth, born in 
IHirvillcr, in that country, 68 years ago, while it was still 
I'"rench territory. There he was schooled in both French 
and (ierman, ac(|uirements wdiicli, during; a long and 
prosperous Ijusiness career, have stood him in good 
stea.l. 

He was 2~, vears old. clerking in Donaldsonville. when 
the Civil \\'ar came on. His service therein with the 
.\rm\ of Northern X'irginia, C. S. A., is his qualification 
for the membership in Camp V'ictor Maurin, C. V. A., of 
Donaldsonville. which he holds. He is a member, also, of 
tl'ie Masonic Lodige of that place. He is a subscribing 
member of the Tonro Infirmary. \'ew Orleans, and holds 
to the faith as a worshipper in Congregation Biknr 
C'holiiii of ]3onaldsonville. 



MR. MI'.IAILLF. ISKAHL. 

Mr. Israel is a sugar iilanter of the Donaldsonville .lis- 
tricl, .Ascension parisli, La., market for a rich country sit- 
uated about 64 miles north of New Orleans by the Texas 
and Pacific road and somewhat further by the winding 
course of the river. The sugar planters, it neerl hardly 
be said, are the aristocracy of the State; their estates are 
unusualh baronial in extent and operation. Mr. Israel, 
suiilice it to say, is one of this favored class. Hfe is a na- 
tive of Donaldsonxdlle. 35 years old. a graduate of Roa- 
iioke College, Salem, \'a., is married, and a member of 
various organizations, benevolent and fraternal, his favor- 
ite among them the .Mnha Tan ( )mega, his college frater- 
nitv. His place of worsni]) is the local Bikitv L hdliin. 



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,yllej>candria. La. 

Miinufacturers of and Dealers in < 

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Lumber) Shingles, Sash, Doors-, .'J 

Blinds, Hardwood Mantels, 



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Lumber, Shingles, Cisterns, 

I lijtve recently perieuleil Hnan);eDieiit.s 
wliereby I am enabled tii care for I lie iiee('x 
ot uiy tiistonier.s in a niore satisfactory 
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niy IxisinesK I can fnrnisli complete l^otise 

bills, witli material as desiieil. making, 
sul)stitntioii iinnece^sarv. t'ountry Onlers 
liiven Speiial .Atteiuion. 

V. B. Hayslip, °"'"' Xn^^'p^'^i" 

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ALEXANDRIA, LA. 









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ALEXANDRIA, LA. 



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Paints Repairs, Puts Up and Takes Down 

Smokestacks. Sugarhouse 
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u ROPE SPLICING A SPECIALTY 

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ST. PETER'S ALL EY. W . E. Boudreaux, Prop, 



^OFFICERS: 



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(l L. Caspari, President. H. M. Ilyams, IstVice-President 
fi' ,I.W. Fieeman, linil Vice President. S H. Hill. Cashier. 



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I 1... L'aspari. H M. Hyums. ,1. W. Freeman. Jno. M. Tucker 

/ Sarnuel Nelken. Julius A ron. C E Oreneaux 

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NATCHITOCHES, LA 

,1 Capital Stock - $30,000 00 

Accouiils and CNilleoiions ol Banks. Bankers Coritoralions 
Firms and Individnal.s Solicited. 



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ALEXANDRIA, LA. 



Alexauilria. I\a|iiilcs [larisli. La., i.-^ in alniust the seog- 
ra[)hii-al ccntir of ilu' .suiti.-. It is un Reil Kivi.T. mii- of 
the principal iiranclics of the Mis.sis,si])]M. ami on tlirec 
iine.s of rail, the Texas and Pacific and Iron Mountain 
roads of tile ( lonld system, and tiie Kansas City. W'atkins 
alid (a;lf. it is one of tlie most rapidly _oro\ving and 
substantial cities of the State. Many Jews have made 
tlieir Iv nies there, and contriljuted. as thev do every- 
wlure. 1.1 the life and prosperity of the conimunitv. They 
are nunier. 'i!> enoU;.;li, in fact, to maintain a permanent 
iiousr ol w. irsliip. 

.\ I lelirew llcni-xdlent .Vssociation was ort:;anized in 
Alexandria as loiii^ ago as i.'^54. .MI its members were 
young men and all single men but two. .\11 the organiz- 
er^ of this association have passed awa\ l)ut lulius Levin 
and 1). Lehiiian, both of whom still reside in '.Mexandria. 



stil! enjoying perfect health, and along with it llu- fruit 
f)f a career of energy and prosperit\. 

Mr. Levin is a natix'e of Prussia. Me wa'^ born .it 
Regenswalde, in that kingdoiii, Julv jtli, 1X3^. llis pa- 
rents, Jacob and Fanny Daus Levin, were worthy tiiougli 
not wealthy people of tl.e same place. 

He comes of n)ercantile stock: bolli his fathtr .and 
grandfather were successful business men. He grew to 
manhood in Kegenswalde and on reacliing suitable .'ige 
was placed at school at Deush Crone. West Prussia and 
tiiere completed his term of literar\ training. Lea\ing 
school at 10, he adojjted for life the sterling principles of 
iiis class and race. .\t .Stoli) and at Hamburg he mas- 
tered tile drv goods calling, and in i.'^32. .at H). came to 
the L'nited .States. 




'j'iie special objecl of ihe association was charitv and the 
maintenance of a jrwish linrud place. 

Some seven \ears later a congregation was formed 
with the s niie officials and management, and ;\ I\al:l)i was 
secured for il. It was originally an orthodox congrega- 
tion, but for some \ ears iias been reform. It numbers 8,^ 
members. During the holidays, however, from 330 to 
40C' attend. The presidei't of this congregation is Gus 
<ieh.r, the vice-president Isaiah \\ eii, the treasurer l';u.d 
Lis-o. and the secretarv Jos. Lew. 



MK. I cues LKVIX. 



The subject of this sketch is one of the most !)romi- 
nent re^idLUts of central Louisiana. He is one of tlu- 
best known men in the rapidly growing center of that 
{lislri<-t of tiie country, .Alexandria, Rapides parish, 
which has doiililed in population and wealth in the last 
ten \ears. just lalel\- lie celebrated his 70th birthdax', and 
though he has reached the Psalmist's allotted s\rm. is 



Here first he sptiit a year in ( i;i!\-eston and in .Missis- 
sippi, and then in 1.S53 came to .Mexandria. iMilbarking 
111 business here, he was Iioth successful and popular, 
lly the time the war i-ame on he liad ac-:|niri-d a handsome 
C( n.petence. 

In Vii the tocsin sounded, and Ia\ing asiile personal 
interests he enlisted in the Confederate caus^'. We need 
not here recount his exoeriences in the serxice. That 
cause was lost, but its memor\ still sarvi\-es in his heart, 
as it dors willi .'dl its gadai'.t d.efenclers. 

l'"rom the close of the war until 18S0, Mr. Levin car- 
ried on prosperonsK a mercantile business. Then he 
retired and invested in the Inm'cer business, applying 
therein the attention and perspicuity which had thcreto- 
I'ore made all his undertakings thrive. Withdrawing 
from that be iinbarked largely in real estate. 

Mr. Levin has risen to tiie council of the Masonic fra- 
ternitv. He has been a member of the cit\- council of 
.Alexandria and iiresident of its school board and lias 



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S. GOETTE, President-Manager. 



-TELEPHONE Nc. 78.- 



JAS. FOR TIER, Secretary-Treasurer 



DONALDSONVILLE ICE COMPANY, Limited. 

DONALDSONVILLE. LOUISIANA. 



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or addres>.ed ttiroutfh tlie l>onaldsi>nville l*ostottice, will receive prouii>t and careful attention. Satisfaction always fully jruaranteed. 



POSTOFFICE BOX 76. 



CAPACITY 5000 LOAVES DAILY. 



TELEPHONE No. 125 



RATHOFF'S STEAM BAKERY, 

F. E. RATHOFF, Proprietor. 

Manufacturer of Fine Bread and Cakes, t^ Mississippi and St. Patrick Streets. 

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CARROLL BARTON, Manager. 

PAINCOURTVILLE, LOUISIANA. 
BRANCH OFFICE, ^ DONALDSONVILLE, LA. 






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['resident \'ice-Presirieni Cashier. 

Bank of Donaldsonville. 

OF DONALDSONVILLE, LA 

Capital, $50,000. Surplus, $30,000 Undivided Profits, $20 000. 

DIHKCTOKS Henry McCall. Adol|ih Netier. I- .1 Hriin. 

(has A- Maiirin. ('. Kline. Nicholas Kris. CH Aicman. .1 K TiicUer. 
Dr. \V. M .Mctialliard 1. K. lientley. 



CRIMINAL AND CIVIL SHERIFF. 
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ALLEN^S FOUNDRY 

Railroad Avenue, Near Texas and Pacific Pass. Depot. 

: REPAIRS ON : 

Sugarhouse. Rice, Cotton Gin, Steamboat and Other Machinery. 

Heaviest lliscount on Stean) Pumps. Link Belt Chain anil Klevators. Shafl- 
inu' and Pulleys. 

DONALDSONVILLE, LA. 



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ORDERS PtiOMPTl.Y l-'ILLED * I.i)Ni; UlsTANCK Ph.i.nkB:!. 

LUCIEN CASSO, 

"THE OYSTER KING" 

Dealer in Fine Oysters and California Fruits, 

Fine and l-'resh Hayou (N.iok and Ba\' (.>.\sters. 
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JULIUS LEVIN. 

ht'eii conspicuiuis as a leader in all public nii>venunts to 
improve the cit\ of his home. 

lie married in Alexandria, Miss Christine l)npu\'. a 
dau.uhter of Louisiana, child of Xormand and Mary 
Dupuw natives also. < >ne son and four dauiihlers have 
licen horn to'them: Julia, wife nf Charles ( loldenherij ; 
L'annie. wife of .\ug;ust Siess : Jacob, I'lora and Cricket. 
Gron|;ed about him lovingly upon the anniversary occa- 
sion referred to above were childri'u, grandchildren; yes. 
and .t;real-i;"randcbil<lren. 



RAI'dll l-:id.l.\"(il-:K ol- ALb'..\AXl)KlA. 

I'rom the .Nmeriean Jewish \'ear Hook we extract the 
followiuL;' biograpln of the Rabbi of the Alexandria con- 
l; relation : 

{{mil Elliiiiier, Rabbi of Coni;re,i;ation ( iemil.'is Haso- 
dim, .\lexandria La.: horn Ma\ 2. i8fii, at I'apa, Hun- 
garv ; son iif Carl F.Ilinoer and Mary Deutsch : ilehrew 
ed.ucation at Xikolsburjj;, .\Iora\ia: secidar education at 
Cni\-ersit\- of X'ienna. Rabbinical di|jloma from Rabbi 
It'.dah (Issart. Hungary, Ffas been Ral/bi at Devecsar, 
Himgarx', Ml. X'ernon, Ind., and Sioux Citv, Iowa. 



Slate of Louisiana, is the subject of this sketch well 
known. He is a Confederate veteran, for years was a 
n ember of the I'arish Lxecmive Co'niuittee of the Demo- 
cratic ])art\-. h.as i)een councilman of .Mexandria I fre- 
quently serving during that time as Mayor pro tern), and 
dm"ing the Cle\i-land administration w:is iiostmaster four 
yi-ars. At present be is president of the school board of 
Rapides parish, in which .Alexandria is situati'il. These 
lionors indicate hi.^ slamiing in his comiuunity. 

.\lr. i\osenthal is an .\lsatian by liirth. born there dur- 
ing the old l-"rench ri.gime. In i860, on tile fourth day 
of Jul\, glorioiis day of independence, he landed in New 
(Orleans, an.d shortly after settled in Rapides ])arish. I'.ut 
the war coming on soon, in i8(')2 iie enlisted in "K" L"om- 
pan\. Third Louisiana Cavalry. Liddell's l'.riga<le. under 
Capt. Sam Haas. 

Throughout all Ins career as a soldier he saw acti\'e 
service, and laid the foundation for many friendshi]js that 
have lasted ever since, .\fter the war he came hack to 
.Alexandria and clerkeil awhile, and in Vif) established 
himself as a general merchandiser, finally, after a number 
of clianges of business and location, going in with his 
brothers in the grocery line. This was in i88j. The busi- 
ness thus founded has grown to \ery large propor- 
tions. Since the death of his 'irothers it has been con- 
ducted b\- him. 




MR. JOXAS ROSI'.XTHAL. 

Xot onh in .Mexandria. where he has been in busi- 
ness for more than tliirty years, and where he has held 
more than one official position, Init throughout tlie whole 



JONAS ROSENTHAL. 

Mr. R( .■'Cnlial is a man of family. In 1873 he mar- 
ried Aliss Jeannette Weil. They have five daughters 
and two sons. It was a great blow to tliem when their 
e'dest son. Lugene. well known in .Alexandria as book- 
keeper of tlie Rapides Bank., died of typhoid fever after 
a lingering illness in 1903 at the early age of 28. Like his 
father before him. he was a prominent meml)er of the L 
( t. r>. I'), anil oihir Jewish charitable institutions. 



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JAS. W^ ARBOUR, 

WORKER IN TIN. COPPER. 
ZINC AND SHEET IRON. 

No. 113 Third Street. 

Telephone No 552. 



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BATON ROUGE, LA. 



JAMES D. BOGAN, 

Contractor and Builder^ 
1227 SOUTH BOULEVARD, 

Long Distance Phone 434. BATON ROUGE, LA. 

CHAS . A. BELISLE. 
Draper and Tailor 

209 LAUREL STREET. 
BATON ROUGE, LA. 



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Elks Theatre Bldg. 
BATON ROUGE, LA. 






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DRUG STORE 



RICHARD & ST. MARTIN. 

Drugs and Medicmes Perfumery, 
Soap Toilet Articles. 
Fine Cigars. Etc. -^ 

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EDMOND RICHARD. Druggist 



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MR. At Mil. I, I'. i;\ii-:k. 

AiidIIkt aniiin^- llic mm-o prdmiiiciit ni llic l.^rarlitc 
rcsiilt'nts (if Alexandria is Acliilk' liaiicr. lie is a A'lmlc- 
sak' L^niccr, 43 scars uljl, horn in Alsace in tiu' 'ild 




MR. ACHILLE BAUER. 

l-rcnch era. linl a resident here from his youth. He is 
ex-i)resident of ( ieniilath Chasodim Congregation, Alex- 
andria, is a Mason and I. O. B. B., and is the father of 
t\\(i fine boys hy liis wife, nee Hortense Schmaliiiski. of 
Alexandria. 



Till-: LATi'. i!i':.\j. I'Ai.K. LAi'AM'.rri-:. 

.\lr. I'alk was in his time one of the foremost citizens 
of Lafayette. He was an alderman of the civy. and he- 
sides being a successful merchant, engaged in furniture 
and undertaking and general merchandising, was in- 
terested in real estate and farms, a brick yard and in the 
local opera house, lie was a director, too, of the Lafay- 
ette od mill and of the local ice plant. He was a Mason 
also, a Knigiit '>f I'xlhias. Knight of Honor and member 
of the A ( ). L'. VV.. and as sucii wi'l! and wideh known 
and highly rcs]5ected. 

He was horn, in Libau, Russia, and came to Lafayette 
in 1871, He died suddenly, ( )cl. 27, ii)Oi. His fune'-al 
\\;is one of tin- largest ever .seen in Lafayette. Ralilii 
Leu.clil. of -\'e\v Orleans, conducted the religious ser- 
vices, r-iev. C ( '. W'ier and .Mr. C ( ). Mouton, on the 
part respective!} of the K. of 1'. and .A. O. I'. \\'.. paid 
tribute to his worth. The fire department, of whicli he 
was assistant chief, atlenderl in a body. Ife was gcn- 
erallv and sincerelv luourned 



MR. \1lT:>R LFAV. LAFAYETTE. 

.Mr. Levy is prominent in Lafayette as a merchant and 
lal estate owner and successful man. Lfe is a native of 




VICTOR LEVY. 

the place — lx)ni there in 1872. making liim 33 now — and 
finished his schooling at the State L'niversity, Baton 
Rouge. He began Inisiness as a clerk in his father's 
store, and soon lieveloped the f|.ualities that command suc- 
cess in mercantile affaiis. He is liapj)il\ married and be- 
longs to the L o. r.. n. 




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F, L. Trepagnier &Bro., 

Watchmakers andjeivelers, 

Donaldsonville and Plaquemine. La 

DIAMONDS, 

Watches, Jewelry, Clocks, Spectacles, 

SOLID and PLATED SILVERWARE. 

MAIN HOUSP:, Donahisonville, ].;i. 



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Groceries, Wines and Liquors, 

CIGARS AND TOBACCO. 

A full line of Glass, Tin, Wooden and Queensware 

Agents Moline Agricultural Implements. 

Complete Stock of Haidwiue. Paints, 

Oils Varnishes and Brushes, 

Furniture and Wall Paper. 

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Proprietors R. E, Lee Stables and 
I'ndertaking Establishment . . . 



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Fine Carriag-es, Surreys and Bug^gies. 

Handsome Hearses, Plain and Ornamented 
Coffi-ns, Caskets, Etc., of All Kinds. 

Special Rates to Commercial Travelers. ^ 
Long Distance Phone 56. 
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The Hartford Fire Insurance Co. 

ORGANIZED 1794. CHARTERED 1810. 

EASTERN DEPARTMENT 

CKO I, <HASK, President, 
fil L'has- E. Chase. Vice-President P- (' Rn.vee. Secretary- 

nl li M. Bissell, Vice-Preidi-nt. Tims, ■rurnliull. Asst Secretar\ . 

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^ L. A. Colomb & Son, Agents. 

DONALDSONVILLE, LA. 

Representatives of Leading Ameri = 
can and Foreign Insurance Go's. 

Real Estate Roui^ht and SohL 
Stock and Bonds Bouglit and Sold. 

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MONROE, LA, 



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( ).\1\'' )1'".. ( )u:u-liita parish, i.s a city of about 
8,000 poiHi.lation. situated ou lx)tli sides of 
tlu' ( )iiaciiita K'i\er at the crossing- of the Iron 
^hluntain and the X'icksliurg and Slireveport raih'oads. 
Loeks are now under construction to make the f Hiachita 
nax'i.iLj'alile tlie year round. 

It was first settled in liie nid Spanish days more than 
a hundred \ears aijo. hut its recent growth has been 
most marked. ]t is one ot the briskest and most flour- 
ishing and progTessi\c towns of the State. Its cotton re- 
ceipts are upwards of ^o.ooo bales a year, valued at cur- 
rent prices at $2,500,000 or UKjre. It has a cotton com- 
press, a cotton mill nf local capital, three banks and a 
variety of loc;il Inisiness. imth wholesale and retail. It 
lias sewers, water works, street lights, and paved streets 
anti an electric car line owned liy the city, the only ex- 
ample of nnmicipal ownership of that kind in the South, 
if n<it tlie entire country. Its general aspect of neatness 
and newness has given it the name of the "Parlor Citv." 



irXAl I.<RAh:L AXI) R.M'.r.l IIKI.MBERC OF 
.\ir).\I<()F.. 

In this city of .Monroe, that thriving au'l attractive 
trade center of Xorth I^ouisiana, the Jews onstitute by 
their industry ;uid progressiveness. if not by numbers, a 
conspicuous eli'ment of the population. Among them, 
and in the comiuunity generally, for that matter, their 
Rabbi. Israel Heimberg, pastor of the Congregation B'nai 




J. HEIMBERG. 

Israel, has been secretary of the school bciard of the 
citv for the past four years, and is a man of mark. 

I'astor Heimberg. we need hardly say. has recognition 
in ]^lonroe as a man of education anti culture. He was 



born at I'aiiberg, tiermany. 4O years ago. His education 
was acquired in that country of advanced schoolmen, at 
hrst in the eknieiUary branches in his natix'e city, later at 
( )ssendorf, near Warburg. \\'est|jhalia. then at Marx 
Haindorf Semniar\. Munster, and finally at the famous 
L'niversity of lionn am Rhein. to be known of which is 
sinelv, among the learned of this coiVntry, and every 
otiier, credential enough. The late Dr. Henry Zirndorf 
of tile Hebrew I'nion College faculty was one of his 
preceptors, as director of Marx Haindorf. in his earlier 
student da\s. 

Rev. Heimberg's first charge was at Ibbenlniren, \\'est- 
[ihalia. and next at I'.onn; next again at Brussels, Bel- 
giiMu. a.nd aftir that at London, England. He has had, 
it will be seen, something of a cosmopolitan ex])erience. 
His first American experience was at Pensacola. IHorida, 
where long ago his Southern associations began. Thence 
he came to .Alexantlria, in Louisiana, and aliout fifteen 
years ago. in 1889. to Monroe. 

He is married, aufl having three children, all natives 
of the State, with which ties, and all his interests cen- 
tered here in the Pelican State, is, regardless of birth, 
.American we can vouch to the core. But true Israelite, 
however, not unmindful or unsympathetic as to his less 
fortunate co-religionists abroad. And as regards that 
cr.aritv which in the proverb is said to begin at home he 
is a member of the Jewish order of the I. ( ). V>. I>. and 
a supjiorter of the other Jewish humanitarian institutions 
referred to herein. 



MR. HEXRV BERXSTEIN. 

To distinction as a lawyer Mr. llernstein adds no small 
prominence in fraternal affairs. He is a resident of Mon- 
roe, La., and one of the notaiile men of that progressive 
burg. 

Mr. llernstein was born in W'innfield. Winn parish. 
La., in 18(13. He was educated in X'ew Orleans, and is 
a graduate of the Boys" High School there. On complet- 
ing his school course, he returned to the country and 
for a while engaged in mercantile pursuits. Then he 
read law and graduateil from the law department of 
Tulane l'niversity. Xew Orleans, in 1886. He began 
active practice at once in the fourth district of the State 
and very .soon assumed a high position at the bar. In 
i8(;7 he moved to Monroe. 

Mr. Bernstein holds a number of important positions 
in the fraternal orders. In the Pythian order he has 
been Grand Prelate and ( Srand \'ice Chancellor. He is a 
meniber of Eastern Star Lodige of Masons, and also of 
the Royal .Arch. He is also a member of Columbia 
Loflge. I. O. (). V. Judaism, the religion of his fathers, 
its charities and good works, have bis feryent ruid 
iicarty siip(iort. 



MR. HENRY MEYER. 

Mr. Meyer is a merchant of Monroe, and a member 
of the Congregation rs'nai Israel of that city. He is one 
of the successful business men of the place. He was 
lorn in Herrlisheim, Germany, in 1865, but migrated to 
this country in early life. He began his business career in 
.America at Lee. Miss., but being ambitious, .soon rose 
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OPELOUSAS LA. 



(Jpelousas, La.. Cdunty seat of St. Landry parish, is 
in one of the oldest — that is to say, longest settled — and 
fairest parts of the State — one of the garden spots, in 
fact, of that charmnig semi-tropic and fertile alluvial 
.\tchafalayan paradise of South Central Louisiana, which 
has long been renowned for its mellow climate and af- 
lucnce of cotton, sugar, rice, fruits, lumber and game. 
Here in this flourishing settlement, as nearly everywhere 
nowadavs. is a |)rospcrous Jewish element, among wlunn 
mav be numbered the following: 



MR. ISAAC Rons. 



his gentleman. l)nrn in ( )pelousas. Dec. 24. 1866, is 
distinguished as merchant, lianker and cotton man of 
tile district of which this city is seat, lie was bi'ought 
up in the place and educated partly there, and in part in 
Itunkheim, ( iermany. and Xancy. P'ranco. He served 
his time to business in Opelousas and with the impor- 
tant house of S. Dalsheimer & Co.. in .\'ew Orleans. 
He is married, is a member of and liberal contributor to 
the Jewish ( )rphans' Home at Xew ( )rleans, and to 
other charities also, and lielongs to the ^fasonic order. 



MR. s. J \C()i!. ()i'F.L( )i:s \.-;. 

S. lacob, of ( ierman liirth. born in iS^ij, limg a resi- 
dent and mercliant here, member of the Masonic order, 




S. JACOB. 



MR. 1). ROOS, OPELOUSAS. 

Mr. D. Roos, merchant, born in Weinenberg, Alsace 
( tlun France, l)ut (iermany now J. Jan. 25, 183^1, very 
near indeed, the patriarchal age of three score and ten, 
and accorded, by his neighbors, the respect due a long 
and honorable residence and career among them, a mem- 
ber of the American Legion of Honor, and the L O. B. R. 
and true to the faith, to sum all up, of his fathers an<l 
forbears — wiiat more need be sai<l? 



MR 



( ).sl 



ISLCM. CROWLEY. 



Mr. lilum is one of tile principal business men of 
Crowley. He is largely interestefl in trade, banking, 
farming properties, rice mills, irrigation canal projects, 
etc., of that vicinity. He was born in Herxheim, near 
London, in the Rheinfalz. Germany, Xov. 9, 1846 (mak- 
ing him s*; now ), and was educated there. His first em- 




MR. JOSEPH BLUM 

|>!o\inenl was witii 1). lUum iS; S^hn, Herxhenn millers 
ancl importers of flour. In i8f)g, at the age of 23, he came 
to Xew' York, and from thence to the Pelican State. He 
married a slaughter of the late H. Lichtenstcin of New 
Orleans. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias, 
also of the Knights of Honor. 



tile Knights of Honor and 1. < ). L'. 
the estimation of his neighliors and 



W 

fel 



. also high in 
ow citizens. 



MR. X.YniW AliRAHAM, LAFAYETTE. 

Mr. Al)rah;im was born in West Baton Rouge, 
aljout 35 years ago. Beginning as clerk, he was thor- 
oughly trained to business before he embarked as a 
nHTchant on his own account. He has been entirely suc- 
cessful as a business man and has a high reputation in his 
communitv. He is single, and is a member of the Jewish 
Order of the L O. B.' B. 



200 



Board of Directors. 



H C DREW. 

President. 

GEO. IIOKRIDGE, 
Capitalist. 

LEWIS S. CLARKE, 

Sujrar Planter, St. Mary's 
Parish. 

D. R. SWIFT. 

President Swift-Kirkwood 
Company, Ltd 

W. E. RAMSAY, 

President Bradley-Ramsay 
Lumber Co. 

\ J. A. BEL. 

!•/ President J. A. Bel Lum- 

V ber Company, Ltd. 

} J. G. POWELL, 

}i Lumber Manufacturer. 

M J. ROSTEET, 
Retired. 

FRANK ROBERTS, 
Cashier. 



r 

V, GEO. HORRIDGE, 

Vice-President. 



H. C. DREW, 

President. 



Cashier, j \ 



J. A. BEL, Vice-President. 



E. N HAZZARD, Asst. Cashier. 



CALCASIEU 
National Bank 



UNITED STATES DEPOSITORY. 



Capital, $ 1 50,000,00. Surplus, $ 1 00,000.00 



i 

i I 



Lake Charles, La. 




nri)OI,l"H KR.MTSE. President 

W. K PERKINS. Vice-1'iesirtenl 

W H. MA.V.ACAN. Sei-y :iii<l Treas. 

ESTABLISHED 1873. 
INCORPORATED 1892. 

PAID UP CAPITAL, $100,000.00. 

PERKINS & MILLER 
LUMBER CO., Ltd. 

Manufacturers of Rough and Dressed 
Calcasieu Long Leaf 

YELLOW PINE LUMBER 

Also Dealers in General Merchandise 

WESTLAKE. ^ LOUISIANA. 

fCALrASIKU PakishI 



H. W. MILLER. I W VANSCOY. 



3i. t£). mm 



er 



Qrocer^ VSon\pan^ 



RETAIL 
GROCERS 

We Cater to First-Class Trade 



Phone No. 589. jt 815 Ryan Street, 
LAKE CHARLES. LA. 



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LAKE CHARLES, LA, 



N-; ) LTr\' in Lmiisiaiia. not fvcn New ( trleans. is ad- 
vancing: faster than Lake Charles. Its population 
h\ tile Tniteil States census of upo was C).68o, a 
i,fro\vtli of more llian 3.400 in tile ten preceding years. 
Since that report was made it has lieen growing faster 
even than liefore. and now has full\ 12,000 inhabitants. 

Lake Charles is sustained Iiv twn ,ureat industi-us of 
its territorv. viz.. luniher and vice. Its sawmills are 
among the largest and most modiTu in the .Sduth. Large 
([uantities of their product are exported. 

The rice kusiness is scarceh' second in \-alue to the 
city . This indnstrv has gr^wn in Louisiana — particu- 
larly in the neighlmrhnod of Lake ('harle.s — by leaps and 




It' ('iiiier. .Arcliite^'l . 

LAKE CHARLES SYNAGOCJUE. 

i.cunds. \ ast tracts iif lands are given over to cultiva- 
tion of the staple, and costly irrigation and drainage 
works have been introduced. 

r>iscnverieft of n:ineral ore nearby have increased the 
manufactures and general business of this little burg 
many fold. The prospect of cheap fuel is very favorable 
to tne inlro(lncti(Mi of new industries. There are three 
national banks ami (piitc a nu.mher of extensive business 
concerns. The ])lace is alread\- consideralile of a jobbing 
center. 

Lake Charles is beautifully situated on navigable water. 
It is within reach of the mollifying influences of the Gulf 
and has a soft, siia\'e. Southern winter climate. It i."! 
sujijilied with all the metropolitan conveniences, electric 



light plant, water works, street cars, tire department, 
opera house, and so fortn. In short, it is one of the 
prettiest, busiest and most progressive cities of the South. 

The congregaticin at Lake Charles, Congregation Sinai, 
\\a^ organize<l in HKH- Jt has 45 members. Its oflicers 
are L. Kaufman, president: A. Levy, vice president; .M. 
Rosenthal, secretary ; Sol I'lock. treasurer : trustees, S. 
Li-vy, 1. Reims. S. Kaufman. 

This congregation has raised at Lake Charles a new 
svnagogue at a cost of $50,000. The new edifice is of 
[)ressed brick and limestone, with metal slates. The in- 
terior woodvvork is handsomely panelled. There is a gal- 
lerv over the choir. iJy the entrance are two deep niches. 
( Hitside over the doorway is a massive marble keystone 
re])resenting the tables ar.d commandments with suitable 
I lebrew biscription. All in all. it is a structtn-e highl\ 
cieditai>le to the comnninit\- of Lake Cliarles |ews. 



\< \l'.r,l WAi-:SA\\". Ob" LAKL Cl l.\RLi':S. 



'Idle .Xuierican Jewish 'Near Hook gives tile lullowing 
skttcii of Rahlii Warsaw of the congregation at Lak'e 
t iiavles: 

Isidor Warsaw, of \ew 'Sork. formerly Rabbi of I'lelh 
Tefllloh. I'runswick. ( ia. Horn Dec. 25, 1874, at 
lAilkuhiien, Lrussia. Son of Moses Warsaw. Educated 
at Kovno High. Sciiool, L'niversity of I'erlin and L'ni- 
\ersitv of Cincinnati, of which last named he has tlie I!, 
.'^. ilegree. Rabbinical studies at Melirew Lnion ( ol- 
icije, Cincinnati, 



.MR. LI'OIM )Ln KALl'M.W, 



(_)ne of the most prominent Inisiness men, as well as 
leading Israelites, of Lake Charles is Mr, Leopold Kauf- 
man, general manager of the Lake Charles Rice Milling 
L'o, and \ice president of the b'irst National I'ank of that 
citv an<l president of the Congregation .Sinai. Mr. Kauf- 
man was born iri France : that is the tri-color waved over 
bis birtnplace in .\lsace at the time of liis birth in 1851. 
1 le was educated in Strasbourg, city of the famous min- 
ster and the wonderful mechanical clock, and he first 
essaved teaching as a means of livelihood on that ^ide of 
tile w:iter, .\fter a brief experience as college jjrofessor 
he came to Louisiana and embarked in mercantile life. 
!ie has been higiih- successful, is one of the largest 
real estate owners of Lake Charles am! is interested in 
a \ariet\- of enterprises and industries there. .\nd not 
o: 1\ is he a man of substance; his character is high. ( )f 
him it can be trul\- slid that where he lives "his word 
is i'<iiid eu'iugn ci'llateral." 



MR. IS.XnnR!.: [L n.W'LS. 



Lake Charles is also tiie home and place of business of- 
Isadore H. Davis, a Jewish merchant, who, though 
born abroad, came here in early youth an<l is thoroughly 
Americanized. He was born in Krakan. .\ustria. in iSf),^ 
He was twelve years of age when he landed in Xew 
\'ork in ii^75. and it was in the metropolis that he ob- 
tained his schooling. He began life as a clerk, but soon 
blossomed out into business on his own account, and has 
made a success of it. He is a benedict, and a member 
Of the Knights of Pythias and Woodmen of the Workl. 



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OFFICERS. 

GEO. LOCK, President. 

L KAUFMAN. VicePres't. 

N E NORTH Cashier. 

W H. SIMMONS, 

Assistant Cashier. 




DIRECTORS. 

GEO. LOCK, 
L KAUFMAN, 
R. H. N ASON, 
I N. PRATER, 
A . P . P UJO. 



First National Bank 



OF 



LAKE CHARLES 



«,>,;,q^^ 



'mmi 

Established in November 1889- 



THE OLDEST 



Bank in Southwestern Louisiana* 



.1 A HKI-, I'res :u)ii M^'r 
f( W S. UOOS. \k'e-('iesident 



n 



;; 



W W KI.ANDKKS. .Secly and Treas. 

\V (i Mi>KI,.'>J(i Asst Sect'y iind Tre;is. 'A 



J. A. BEL LUMBER CO. 

LIMITED. 

PAID UP CAPITAL, $100,000 

•"-^ Manufacturers and Dealeis in ^^ 



Calcasieu Long Leaf 
Jl YellowPine Lumber 



Railroad Timber and Extra Lengths and 

Sizes a Specialty. << 

1 



H. C. GILL, President. 

CHAS. S. RAMSAY, Vice-President. 

W. A. OUILLEMET, Cashier. 



i 



Lake Charles^ La. 






LAKE CHARLES 
NATIONAL BANK, 

LAKE CHARLES. LA. 

UNITED STATES DEPOSITORY. 

Capital, ^ $100,000.00 

EFFIQENT SERVICE AND 
LARGE PATRONAGE. * 



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MU. JAKI'. Sl.NK I'X. 

'I'liis ircink".naii is llu- vicf-i)rcsitli.-nl of tlu- Kaufman 
Mercantile I'c cit Lake Charlt's. one of tlie principal 
l)i:siiicss concerns ni that rapidly risinj^ little city. He 
is a native of I'alls Uiver. this State, and was educated 




JAKE SinON. 

in New Orleans. [^i.•^ first business experience was 
gained there as clerk fi)r Le<Mi (Indchan.x. He is a 
Imsv man. devoted largely to trade, but not unmindful, 
nevertheless, of his social, charitable and religious obli- 
gations. 



MR. HEX'RV MKVER. 

Lake Charles also is the domicile of Mr. Henry Meyer, 
a merchant and business man of standing, of the firm 
if Mendel & Meyer, general merchandise, and also 
interested in the I.a'-e Charles I'^urniture Co.. a flourish- 
ing institutit)n. Mr, Meyer was liorn at Muttersholz, Al- 
sace, froni which part of the world so many of our 
successful Jewish merchants come to us. and was edu- 
cated at Strasbourg, talcing a full course at the high 
sciiool at that city, lie was hrrn in 1871, and there- 
fore belongs to the younger element of business men. He 
came to thi? countr\- in igoo. and after clerking awhile 
in .^an Juan. Xew Mexico, and for Kaufman of Lake 
e'barles. began business there on l;is own account. He 
is a memlier of the L (). I'.. 11. ;nrl of other Jewish 
si'Cial and charitable bodies. 



M'^ AR.MAXl) Ll'AA'. 

Mr. Levy is one of the men of that growing city of 
the southwestern section of the state. Lake Charles. He is 
a clothing- merchant and tailor there, and is also in- 
terested in the clothing business of Levy 15ros.. at Beau- 
mont. Texas. 



He was born in (irand Coteau, La., 34 years ago an<l 
w.is educated at the Jesuits' College at that place. His 
hrsl emplovment was as clerk in his father's store at 
Lafayette. I, a. I'Vom that he branched out into business 
iiir iiimself. He is married and the father of three, two 
loys and a girl, the eldest now in her teens. His paternal 
affiliations embrace membershi]) in the h'.lks. the < )rder 
of .Maccabees and the L ( ). P.. 1!. 



.\1K. SA.MCLL K.\C1-.\1AX. 

Lake Charles boasts of (piite a ninnl)er of successful 
and solid Jewish residents, a.nong the lunnber the sub- 
ject of thi.-. sketch. .Mr. Kaufman is in the carriage 
.•ind inijjleineni business at Lake L'ii.'irles ; also at Vin- 
ton. La., where his son, Mr. Nl. J. Kaufman, is in 
charge. Ill- is of ( Icrman !)irtb and education, some- 
where in the 50's as to age — a man long experienced in 
commercial life in the Pelican State of Louisiana. He be- 
gan ni b'lsinpss here nearly 35 years ago as a clerk for 
Jack .Michal at St. Francisville ; from tiiere went to 
Washington, La., in whicli place he remained seventeen 
years, and tlience came to Lake Charles. He belongs to 
the Masonic order — is a Ro\al .Arch mason, in fact — 
;,n(i is an old memlier of the 1. < ). I'>. 1'. 



.MR. WOLF HOl-F.M.VX. 



-Mr. H(Jlfman is one of the leading Jewish n\erchants 
of Lake Cliarles: born in (lermany in 1834 and ed'icate(' 
there; first employed in Xew \'ork : a man of family and 
memlier of the order of P.'nai H'rith, keeping up his af- 




WOLF MOFFHAN. 

filiations with the social, fraternal and religious in.stitu- 
tions of the race a substantial man, good citizen, and 
faithful lew. in short. 




Gabriel D» Stanford, 

Manufacturer of 

«^ Building Brick and Tile. ^ 






C{ Sizes of Tile 4 lo 12 Inches. 

Lime, Cement, Fire Clay, Fire Brick. 

THE HIGHEST GRADE WORK GUARANTEED. 
Special Delivered Prices Made on Large Orders. 

LAKE CHAH.LES, LA. 



t 



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(T'-'^^sa^ 



THE 



^.jiaiif-^ 



Lake Charles Planing Mill, 



a 



G. MUTERSBAUGH, Proprietor. 

Manufacturer of Mouldings, 
Brackets^ Turned Work, Sash 
and Doors, Corner and 'Base 
Blocks. Interior Finish a 
Specialty, 



- ^^j'^^s^^'s'^^ '=y^^>^^'''=Y'^^^^ ^^r" ^^f^ 



^ THE.< 



Lake Charles Steam Laundry, 

WYLIE F. G.ArTfllEK, Prop. 

TOILET SUPPLY 



Telephone 35 



P. O. BOX J45. 



I 



LAKE CHARLES, LA. 




(t J- A. r-ANUitY.Pres. T.J. KiKi). Vice-Pres. D- J- Landky. Treas. \ 

p. O. M<)S.s, Secretary- \ 

THE LAKE CHARLES | 

^ Ice, Light and Waterworks Co. ? 

\ Capacity of Artesian Wells 3,500,000 Gallons Daily. 

,f Dealer in Domestic I ump & Smithing Coal, 



c 



L, 



Distilled Artesian Water ICE. 

LAKE CHARLES, LA. 



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} 
} 



I. C. Carter, 



ARCHITECT. 



818 Ryan Street. 



Loiiii Distance Phone .509. 



V Jorrespondence Soliciteri. 



LAKE CHARLES, LA. 



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ABBEVILLE, LA. 



Ar. 111". \ 1 1 -LI'".. \'cr;iiilli(in parish, is in SuntlHTi! 
[.cuiisiaiia and is tlic terminus o{ one of tlie 
l.ranciK's oi tlic Scnitiicrn Pacific road. It i.s a 
place of aboiU i ,8no jjopulation with substantial hanking 
and business interests. 

Jennings, in Calcasieu parish, is one of the must rapidly 
growing cities of the State. It is on the Southern Pa- 
cific, in the rice and oil country, which has had such 
an amazing development in the last few vears. In the ten 
years between i8c)0 its ])opulatioii. l.y the ( iovernment 
census, increased fourfold. 

(..'rowles, on the ."Southern racitic, in Acadia pari.sh, 
has had ,i phenomenal growth during the last ten or 
fifteen \ ears, due to the development of its rice am' 
oil production and other industries, and iias come to be 
one of the nrincipal centers of ])opulation and Inisiness 
in the soutliern part of the .State. In iSijo it had only 
about 400 populatio;; : in igoo, by the I'nited .States cen- 
sus, it had 4,214, ;,nd at preseit has 6,000 or more, b'ew 
places, indi'cd, in the State have a more pri'niisi)ig fu- 
ture. 

.\t Xeu I'Kria is a congregation ministered to In- Rabbi 
I'lergman. of .\ew ' 'rkans : at Ci-ow ley and Lafa\ette, 
Rabbi Warsaw, of [,;i'-e Charles, is the ministrant. and 
at ■■ >pelousas, Kabhi I'dlinger, of .Mexandria. 

Lafayette is the parish seat i^f the iiarish of the same 
name, situated in the soutli certral division of the .State. 
1 he city had hy the census of lyoo a population of 3.314. 
That was a growth of 60 per cent in ten years. It is 
at the junction of the main line of the Southern Pacific 
railroad, with one of its principal Louisiana branches, 
and is ore of the best towns of the .State. 



Mk. SOL. WdSR. .M'd'.KN'ILLL. 

Mr. Wise was horn in Russian Poland in 1824, and 
was 30 years old when he caiiie to this country. He 
landed in Xcw York in t8.S-1 and moved to .\hl)eville the 




same year, 
amassed a 



He 1 
consid 



legal 
crab 



SOL. WISE. 

business as a 



retaining. howe\er, certain farming, real estate and such 
ir.terests to emplov his time. 

.Mr. Wise iias been a resident of .Abbeville 50 years. 
He has taken alwavs a deep interest in the welfare of 
his peo|)le, both at home and abroad. Some six or 
seven \ears ago he assumed charge of the Lafayette 
Jewish Ilurial .\s.sociation. The organization then was 
in a state of chaos and the cenietcr\ practically abandoned 
and given over as a grazing place for cattle. Through 
bis efforts all this was changed and the place has been 
converted iiUo a moilel cit\ of the dea<l. 



.MR. F.LI WISL. APd;i';\ILLF.. 

I'Ji Wise was born in .Xbiieville. Decemiier Sth, 1863, 
in the identical place in wliich \v: now conducts one of 
the largest and most popular mercantile establishments 
<if the to\\n. He attended the schools of his liirth- 
plfice until he ha 1 attaiiu'd a rudimentarv educati(jp. and 




liedlar 
competence is now 



, and having 
retired, still 



ELI WISE. 

was then sent to New ( >rleans, where he remained at 
its best schools two vears. In 1874 he went to Cin- 
cinnati, ( )., from which city, after a three year course, liis 
ec'ucation completed, he returned home. 

Entering mercantile life with his honored father, at 
the age of eiglUeen he .shortlv found himself in control 
of the business. Ten years ago he succeeded his father 
in the well established firm of Fli Wise & Co. Me is 
l-in-sideiit also of tile liank <if .Xbbeville. one of the 
staunchest financial institutions of the State, and is a 
[)iincipal in the .Aniieville Rice Mill, .Ablieville Canal Co. 
and Merchants' \\ holesalc Grocery Co.. 

Tile interests of Mr. Wise are not limited to .\bbeville. 
He is vice-president of the I^'erd. Marks Insurance 
Agenc\' of Xew ( )rleans, one of the largest institutions 
of its kind in the Smith. He is an approachable, cour- 
teous gentleman and recognized hy the people of his 
section as a verv jirogrcssive citizen. He belongs to 
the Kniuhts of Honor and the 1\. of P. 



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Calcasieu Steam Bakery, 



S. & J. JESSEN & CO. 



LAKE CHARLES, LA. 



404 GRAND ST. 



Phone ;i73. 



1 
1 



H. 1' NICUlll.AS. W .1. I!I':NV. 

NICHOLAS & RENZ'S 

SHAVING PARLORS, 

THE POPULAR TONSORIAL RESOkT, 
SIX CHAIR?. 
SeHROPTON WORK DONE HBRB, 
HOT n\D eOLD BHTHS 

821 RYAN STREET. LAKE CHARLHS. LA. 

snTispneriON guhrhivtbed. 



I J. H. MATHIEU, I 

i Prescription Pharmacist, ► 

1 RYAN STREET, t 

4 LAKE CHARLES, LA. ^ 



1 



1). R. s\vii'"r. Piv,. 



II. VV. I,. A.N/.. Vii'p-l're-- 



W. 10 I'.XTTKK.SON. Seir.-'rrea^. 

Carriage & Implement Co. , Ltd. 

WHOLKSAI.K AM' H K'r.\ I 1 , 1 H. \ I.MH.s IN 

All Kinds of Farm Impleineiits, Buyg^ies, 
Carriafj-es, and Wagons, Harness and Saddlery, 
Belting and Hose. Irrigation Pumps, Hay 
Presses, Gaar-Scott Tlireshers and Engine-, 
Boilers, Engines Saw Mills. 

Cor. Ryan & MillSts. Lake Charles, La. 



, Short Order Work A Specialty. ^ 

r> I >ak:k !^iijk><^ 
„ STEAM LAUNDRY, . 

riJ .Limes H Huston, I'roprietor. m 

SATISFACTION GUARANTEED. 



121 MILL STREET. 



Phone 171. 



%s 



LAKK CHARLES, LA. 



H^<' 



[ji W. P. Dunn Bricks Supply Co., ^ 

Lake CharleSf 



V 



outstana. 

aBH5?HB" 



P^a/ 



Carlson & Co. 

The Largest Jeivelry Establish- 
Ci ment in South-west Louisiana. H 



^. 



Solicits a Portion of your Patronage. 

LAKE CHARLES. LA. 



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\ 



J. FRED. GEORGE, 

UrSUHAlTCE. 



LAKB CHARLES, LA. 



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MR. TIII'.O. KAIIN. ( )!•■ J I'lX X 1 X( iS. 
Herewith is llic "piTMiitMiriit.' as Shakes] a-ari.- lias it, 
of ciiu' lit tlic "Imt" iiu'ii 111' that livi- link- hiiru;" '>i 
Calcasieu ))arisli. K-iiniii^^, l.a., nanieU . M". riviulori- 
him. iiitrn(h'ctiir\ . sn tn spi-ak, tn timse tn wlmm this 
hiiiik is addrcsM'i. tlir pulilic.-. L'ciHTal and at larj^v. .Ml'. 
Kalin. tM W-iiu't with, is a man in his iirinu'. iusl liirninu' 




THEO. KAHN. 

_;(i: a native el ANace. Imrn in the did j-'rench. da\ s at 
Ihi.ucna.n. educated there and th()nu!.t;h!\ trained to a hus- 
iness callins' as ixKik'kecper in that part <if the world. He 
is in the gents' tuniishiniis husiiiess at h'nnings. is a 
nienilier nf ihe lennin^s Lummercial ".eague, a Knight of 
IMliias and is ai'filialeil with the Lake Charles cnngrega- 
ti(in. 



MR i.h:()i'()Li) ;':L(,L'TTi':k. xicws-'-Lltox 

l-'or 28 vears Mr. I'Llgutter has heen .a resident of 
.Xewellton. lensas |)arish. ujjpei" l.imisiana, (ir its vicinity, 
and has ciime l(' lie recngnizcd thereahmUs nut nnly as nne 
(if its must pnisperoirs, hut nsi'fu! and influential citi- 
/iNis. In .Xewellton itselt he is an anthrrit',. He is a 
leader in all _-hnrities and pulilic mn\eiiiei;ts, is W'orsl^p- 
ful Master (if the Mascuic 'jidge. and .Master df W'cirk, 
K. (if 1', Mindful (if his duty, he Imlds >er\ice always 
on Jewish Xew \'ear and the Hay nf .\t(ineuient. and 
idwa\s with a full ([uoruni. 

.Mr. I'llgntti,r is from Kempen. i'rdvince df I'nsen.lier- 
man\-. Me was Ixirn there in 1853. and tlu're receix'ed his 
eieiiieinar\ educatidu. He has heen in iuisiness for liini- 
self from .iiulh. [U- is a man well dli in this world's 
goi.'ds. witii stores, dwellings and dther nrdjurties to his 
credit. 

lie is the father of a faniil>- of si.\ children, four boys 
iiiid twd girls. He had heen happily m.arried fnr seveu- 



t( en vears marK, when his wife. imfdrtunatel\ , departed 
tnis life, in iijoj. leaving him almost incdiisolahk . .Ml in 
all. it is ndl tdd nnich tu designate our subject as a man 
(if liigh character, whole-souled and charitable; aiiiniig 
in> neighlrors, of whatever religidU. both respected ;md 
|i(ipular. 



MR. si.Mox is\.\cs()i\. i'.\i..\iiyni ) 

PALMi-H"T<). St. Landry parish, a station of the 
Texas ami Pacific Railway in Central Louisiana, not far 
di.stant frd'.n Atchafalaya River, is tlie h-me a.nd 1"isi- 
ness |)lace of Simon Isaacson, a tiiriving general mer- 
eliaut. now at 45. in his prime as years go, a married 
man. much esteenie 1 anidng his neighbors, both Christian 
a.nd lew. 

Mr. Isaacsdu was burn at Cirauders, ( iermanv. Oct. 
30. ^<S5<^ He was educated at .Xeueiiberg. I lermany. 
and caiv.e tn this countrv in iHjH. a \ear or two before 
he came df age. He heg.an first lure as clerk, fdr which 
he had been fitted bv nis experience in ( lermany, but 
scdii branch'l out, nn his dwn account, in Palmetto, lie 
has been successful, and is thorougiily established. In 
|nl\-. Kjoo, he married Miss r.irdie ( iernsbaciier. and iii- 
stalle(| his bride in a cosv lionie in I 'almello. 



MR. jCLKS HRLVFCS. XKW lUb'.KIX. 

This is the hdine alsd df Jules Dreyfus, merchant an(| 
banker and ri';e anrl oil mill man. bnrn at .Muhlhausen. 
.Msace. April 1. l8fi6. a few years befnre the b'rancd- 
I'russian war jK-rmaneiitly changed the nationality of that 
pro\ ince. lie was brought up an'l educate'! on that side 
of the waier, began life here as a clerk: is married, is 
a .\Lasdn an(| member nf ntlur fraternities, and is kudwn 
as an un)dghl. cdiiscienti.ius and cdusistent Jew. 



MK. Lb'.ox D'MA'i'CS. ')i' x:-:w ii;krl\. 

.Xew Iberia lies on the Siiuthern Pacific Railroad and 
on l'ia\(iu Teche. the nidst typical and beautiful of Limis- 
iana Idulard streams, .alidut 123 miles due west of Xew 
< hlcuis. It IS in tin- rich alln\ial cnast i-egion of .South- 
ern Lduisian.a. which pnubices in pr.ifnsidu sugar, garden 
tinck. the orange, line timber, live sldck. hsh and game. 
If is the c )untr\ jiro lucing the fanidus Tobascd pepper 
sauce condimeut, kunwn like Lea iS: Perrin's. the W(>rld 
(wer. 

Leon Mrevfus. born in Doruach. .Msace. Jidy 2> iSdd 
— tiiat is yj vcars ago — is one df its |)rincipal merchants. 
Me was educated abroad at the Ciewerbeschule. Muhl- 
h.iusen. .Msace. and the/:f('/(' ih' /'/.Ma.tv (('((/ I'ilaturc. 
He began ids business career as clerk for Abraham Klot7 
at Kldtzville. I'.avou Lafourche, and remained there fotu" 



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Donaldson ville, 
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HeH<)()uaners for Dry Gou<is, Ciotliinfi, Xiitioiis, 
Laiiirs and Gents' FurnisliinK Goods, Shoes, 
Hat,.i. .Millinery, Kloor Oil Cloth, Carpets, Kujis 
Trunks, Valises, Groceries, Tohacco. Cigars and 
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Kojnw and cominsj from Ihe Ferry Boat. (Jraeie Kent Land- 
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ED. C. WATHEN, Proprietor. 
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Mississippi and St. Patrick Streets, 
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\cars. At invsent ho i> eiii;a,i;i'il in tlic lianlwarc ami 
mill supplies line at Xew llieria. a.nd is tlie v'ice-iiresident 
of the Xew lljeria Milling \- 1 )eveli)i)inent Co. of Xew 
llieria, a concern with a capital of $125,000 operating 
tiiree irrii^atniL; canals, six cotton .^ins, a cotton oil mill, 
a rice mill and syrup mill, lie married, ahout ten vears 
agxi. Miss Edith I.ev\, dauLjhter of I'. \. Levy, of Xew 
(Orleans, a \\ cll-!<no\\n merchant, lie is president of the 
Cong reseat ion "Cates of l'ra\er," organized in iSy". 
whicii e.vpeets to ha\e a circuit raliiji oflnciating in Xew 
llieria. Lafourche, Crowley and ( )pelousas. and has 
started the liuildiu',; of a synagogue, wliich was to he 
dedicated h\ :<,'04. 



MR. 



ICLES LACOrS. Oh" R( )ISLD.\LK. 



Kosedale, L.a.. is on the T. vK: I', road, Iherville parish, 
r.nd is the postoffice for Crosse Tete. Here lives Jules 
jacohs, general merchant, .Mason of Livonia Lodge, Xo, 
J20. a K. of 1'. of Heron L'odge, o. j8, and a member of 
Torn'o Synagogue, Xew ( )rleans. 

.Mr. Jacobs was Ijoni in Hombourg, ISas,. Lorraine 
( tiien I'rance). 36 years ago. He was educated in th.nt 
country after Cerniany .-icqnired it as spoil of the I'lauco- 
I'lussian contest of 1871, He came to this country wdiile 
still a voulli and his first experience of his present iinc 
was gained as clerk in the country store of .Henry Cohn, 
Jr.. & Co.. Port Allen. .Mr. Jacobs is married and hap- 
],ily SI ttleil in a growing place. 



MR. DAVID STERN, AMITE CITY. 

.\mite Cit\. in Fangiijahoa parish, on tlie eastern side 
ol the State, is one of the growing cities of that region. 
It is a summer and winter resort, a lumbering and farm- 
ing center. That part of the State is known as "the 
Morida parishes," and is rapidlv developing. Many set- 
tlers are con";ing in, and the shipment of truck and small 
fruits to Xorthern markets is an est.aijlished industr\-, 

David Stern, born at .Xatchez, .Miss.. juUi 15. 1852. is 
a leading merchant and banker of .\niite ( so called for 
s'lort), where he has resided for many years. He was 
educated in Xew ^'ork and. Texas, and his first emplov- 
nter.t was as a clerk for Charles Kaufmi'u iiV the Blue 
.Store, near the French Market, Xew Orleans, In other 
words he liegan his business career at the bottom of the 
ladcKr, and served ins business ap]irenticeship in the 
g<}od old-fashioned retail wav. 

.Mr. Storr, is president of the People's Hank 
in .Amite, and has other imp(M-tant investments. He is a 
-Mason, a 1\. of P., a memlier of the Knights of Honor 
and of the L ( ). li. H, of Summit, Miss. He is a man 
of family, of cliaritable disposition and is counted of the 
solid clement of his part of the State. 



.MR. SOLO.MOX KLorz. X.\P( )LKOX\"lLLK. 

Xapoleonviile is a thriving olace on tlie T & P. R. R.. 
m tlie parish .jf Assumption, of alxjut 1,000 or 1,200 i^o/)- 
ulation. It has its seat amid iiighly fertile a.nd jji-oduc- 
tue surroundings. 

.\lr. Klolz is a distinguished merchant and business 
man of .Xa-poleonville, .\ssuniption parish, and that ])art 
of the countrv. He is also notable in public and *'rater- 
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SOLOMON KLOTZ. 

and ol the Pioneer Printing Co., and does a verv exten- 
sive insurance business He is a member of the town 
loiincil and of the Democratic Executive Committee. H<' 
i^ a Mason in high standing and a member of the Knights 
of Pxtbias and Knig'.Us of Honor. He also iielongs to 
tiic L s ). P.. B. 

.Mr. Kloiz was born in Chrixillcr, .\ls;ice, ii. i85_|. He 
came (wer tpiite young ainl began his busmess life here 
as a clerk. \Ve neetl hardly say after the mention of 
his connections and nftiHation a'love. that he has been 
wiicllv successful. 



MORGAN CITY, LA. 

MoKG.\N City, on the Southern Pacific in St. Mary's 
Parish, is situated on Berwick Bay into which Atclia- 
falaya makes its way. It is a prosperous little city 
and port of about 4U0n inhabitants among whom the 
Jewish element is by no means last or least. 




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Crowley and Jennings. La. 

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L U. FoLSE, Vice-President. 
AuGTTSTE Thibaut, Cashier. 

F. J. RoDKiGUE, Asst. Cashier. 



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NAPOLEONVILLE, LA. 



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SURPLUS, $30,000.00 



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